And the rapidly mounting fight has reminded national political strategists yet again of Texas' strange largeness — or large strangeness — a state that Congress decided in 1845, the year it joined the Union, might well be later divided into four more states should it consent.
Describing himself in a state of political limbo, he said it would be "impossible" for him to mount a fight without knowing whether a runoff would take place.
It was clear to me that without proper financing, significantly more financing, I wasn't going to be able to mount the fight that I wanted".
The State Legislature, which would need a two-thirds vote in both houses to override a veto, was not expected to mount that fight.
Like Nasdaq and ICE in their bid for NYSE, or Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in its $5.7 billion hostile bid for Cephalon, rebuffed suitors have shown a willingness to mount a fight and press forward, hoping to find shareholders willing to sell.
Republicans in February decided not to mount a fight over the debt ceiling, as they had in 2011, and it is not yet clear whether they will oppose an increase this time.
So outrageously inept is Jeremy Corbyn's regime that Labour failed to mount a fight last week against the £1,200 charge for employment tribunals, which has seen a 70% fall in claims.
In Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican turned independent, was forced to mount a fight against both sides of the political spectrum in his race against Representative Kendrick B. Meek, a Democrat, and Mr. Rubio whose fiery star power drew support across a wide a swath of demographic groups, according to exit polls.
In Michigan, as The Economist went to press, state legislators hoped to block its implementation for a year.Michael Petrilli of the Thomas Fordham Institute, a conservative think-tank, supports the Common Core but says he is surprised that it has taken other conservatives so long to mount this fight.
As for other potential rivals springing up to mount a fight, none come to mind.
