And to that I'd add a sub-question: how much of this might he attempt between now and November, with an eye toward boosting the commitment of, and turnout by, the voters he most needs?
A second option, officials say, is to significantly boost the American commitment to train Afghan troops, with Americans taking on the Taliban with increasing help from the Afghan military.
So his answer is yes, the Fed could boost the economy by making a commitment to hold off on raising interest rates when recovery finally kicks in.
There was also extra money in the budget for science as part of the chancellor's commitment to boost the UK business and development opportunities in the global market.
The oil ministry is itself gearing up to implement a wider government commitment to boost the private sector, with Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, the minister, stressing he aims to privatise as much downstream work as possible.
The funding injection for 5,318 apprenticeships, announced today by the health secretary, Andy Burnham, follows a government commitment in February to boost the number of public sector apprenticeships by 21,000 and make the option more mainstream.
Air attacks against North Vietnam, they argued, would boost the morale of the shaky South Vietnamese and reassure them of continuing American commitment.
Scullion's comments followed a repeated commitment by the NT opposition leader, Michael Gunner, that a Labor government would boost the funding and power of rangers in the NT.
Such funding boosts the Obama Administration's commitment to get all veterans off the streets in the next two years.
More than 10,000 Syrian refugees have resettled in the U.S., and Obama has boosted the country's commitments to alleviating the refugee crisis, setting a target of resettling 110,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017.
