Given the size of the problems that now confront the city, backroom deals may not be enough any more.Mr Villaraigosa's supporters will argue that their more charismatic candidate would have been a better problem-solver than Mr Hahn.
The problem in Bosnia is corruption, and that is a better problem to have than war.
Still, it is a better problem to have than the one faced by many developing countries: seeing them run out.
Sure, we have too much household debt, but that's a better problem than what most nations face.
But having to switch lenders is a better problem than not have access to a low-cost federal loan at all.
When the Yankees have been in difficult situations, he has often asked his best pitchers to take on extra duty, realizing that having a tired bullpen in a future game is a better problem than not having any future games.
"It's a better problem for the manager to have than just having one player competing for every place," said Davies.
And I thought, well what could I do that would be unique to Stanford, that Stanford does really well and also would teach me not just facts but how to think better, how to be a better critical thinker, how to be a better problem solver.
And, I'm a better problem- solver when I pay more attention to my physical and mental wellness.
Schwartz: It's true, that's a problem, but that's a better problem to have than not having anybody do the filtering for you.
Although Lizza wondered if these terrorist-inspired attacks might be a better problem -- because they lead to smaller-scale attacks instead of Al Qaeda's spectacular attacks -- Johnson cautioned that they are harder to detect.
