A senior aide said that Schumer was taking the lead on negotiating the compromise approach -- along with Carper -- and noted the significance of having the New York Democrat, who has been one of the most vocal supporters of a robust, national public plan out in front of the proposal.
But there are myriad obstacles opponents can throw in front of the proposal, not to mention questions about whether the oil industry has much of an interest in California's offshore reserves at a time when domestic oil production is at its highest level in decades.
Referring to the clinical leader fronting the proposals, one participant said: I think he's probably a very clever clinician, but this is not just about clinical factors.
All 50 members of the ruling Broad Front coalition approved the proposal just before midnight on Wednesday in a party line vote, keeping a narrow majority of the 96 MPs present after more than 13 hours of passionate debate.
As Ruth Davis, research support officer at University College Cork, says, "We have to know up front--at the proposal stage--what the candidate needs".
On the other front, the street-naming proposal, which is expected to move to the City Council next month, is being denounced by some black residents as an affront to the countless other former slave families who helped build this city with all manner of distinction.
Thus, Saigon and Washington have left Hanoi and the National Liberation Front only one real avenue for negotiating the way to some share of political power — elections open to the front, a proposal continually rejected by the other side.
One N.A.A.C.P. ally, State Senator Darrell Jackson of Richland, told The State newspaper of Columbia on Thursday that the group's leaders minced no words in demanding that black legislators put up a solid front of opposition to the proposal.
On the proposal front, things aren't looking too happily-ever-after for Will and Emma.
Back on the proposal front, Artie and Mike Chang tell Mr. Schue that he has sexy, Mick Jagger hips.
