There was a certain randomness to the goal that broke the deadlock early on.
But there is another kind of support which has been even more conspicuously absent: the proposal of any feasible strategy for breaking the deadlock.
But Stormont has been suspended for over a year and the deadlock will continue, given the swing towards republican and unionist hardliners.
Moreover, given the deadlock and the glacial pace of world trade negotiations, the TTIP will create a template for global trade that the big emerging economies, not least China, might feel obliged to follow.
Abadi, a veteran of Iraq's post-Saddam Hussein governments, was appointed on Monday after the country's president effectively deposed Maliki in an effort to break the political deadlock that has paralysed the government while jihadists sweep through the north of the country.
As deadlock looms and commentators descend into familiar demands for electoral reform, the leftwing campaign group Council of Canadians has launched a voter registration campaign, confident that increasing the last campaign's historically low 61% turnout will accomplish the necessary work automatically.
He may have even got the Tigers over the line, too, but he was forced off in the 70th minute with concussion, and it was seven minutes later that the Brisbane Broncos broke the deadlock with a match-winning penalty goal by Ben Hunt.
London shares suffered a sharp sell-off over fears of an election deadlock.
Pre-election polls had Labour and the Conservatives parties in a deadlock.
Cameron's party typically leads in phone polling, with the two main parties in a deadlock according to internet-based surveys.
Some thought among aides has been going into when he will grab some sleep, as he will need to ensure he is fresh for any negotiations that will start as soon as possible on Friday, in the event of a deadlock.
