And I'm not just talking about their continuing enthusiasm for the Iraq war.
He may think a retreat is tantamount to an embarrassing admission of a mistake.Nevertheless, the NHL's continuing enthusiasm for the Sun Belt is hard to fathom.
Despite continuing enthusiasm for new technology offerings, investors have proceeded cautiously amid turmoil in the equity markets and persistent skepticism about the fundamentals of new business models.
London also likes to trawl the American musical archive (witness the continuing enthusiasm for Stephen Sondheim), and at the moment has given over some of its smallest venues to valuable glimpses of Broadway's golden age.
Given the continuing enthusiasm in Scotland for the SNP, it was a bold initiative by the Record, especially given the anti-Corbyn stance of the Scottish Labour party leader, Kezia Dugdale.
And the continuing enthusiasm of the tabloids ('Jade's had it away with PJ' was one of dozens of front page heads) has kept the programme in the public eye.
If the ultimate outcome of this industrial action is favourable towards protecting doctor's pensions then the coalition will have gained the goodwill and the continuing enthusiasm of many through the testing years of traumatising changes to the NHS.
It has led to a continuing "enthusiasm gap" that Sarah Palin's choice was intended to reduce, but has persisted nonetheless.
