To deal with the loss of Jenkins, who tore an anterior cruciate ligament against the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 18, Ryan decided to use a committee of backup linemen.
Senate Republicans, while not publicly conceding defeat, have turned their efforts to a backup strategy; even if the committee defeats the nomination, they hope to force the Democrats to allow the Pickering nomination to go to the full Senate where they hope one or two Democrats from the South will defect and support confirmation.
They require strong backup support from village leaders or committees when the decision is made to make an emergency transfer.
The city's bid committee, NYC2012, does have a backup plan to put the stadium in Flushing, Queens, but Mr. Doctoroff, who is the city's deputy mayor for economic development, dismissed many of the criticisms.
Faced with vanishing evidence, the committee staff tried to keep backups.
"Things are going well right now," the Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch, a member of the union's executive committee, who has attended all four days of negotiations, told reporters as he left Monday's meeting.
The backup financing was a sweetener offered by the 2012 organizing committee -- supported by both North Carolina Democrats and Republicans, Williams notes -- in an effort to win the competition to host the convention.
"This bill just says we have a backup," said Rep. Paul Ray (R-Clearfield), who introduced the legislation to the House committee after a 10-year ban on the capital punishment method also known as fusillading.
The Greek Olympic committee said the athlete had been suspended pending the results of the backup "B" sample.
When that committee failed to reach agreement in November, the debt ceiling deal's backup kicked in — more than $1 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts to military and domestic programs.
Never let your plan-A hiring committee detect a lack of enthusiasm, and make sure your plan B doesn't feel like a backup choice.
