But while the senator tried to distract users with these irrelevant policy gambits, Leyonhjelm was ultimately unable to avoid the hard questions.
He then legged it and subsequently faked mental illness to avoid a trial; a gambit that might have worked had Deed not cunningly threatened to send him to Broadmoor, at which point the man stood up and started protesting vociferously".
"It could probably be a diplomatic gambit that they have launched in order to avoid this issue culminating before the American election, just to gain some time.
Will he get some Republican votes to avoid having to try a procedural gambit not requiring California's unusual two-thirds super-majority?
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More plausibly, Obama's gambit may come to be seen as a gamble with peace, rendering the very war he seeks to avoid more likely, at least in the shorter term.
The gambit reached its peak of popularity (around five Budapest Gambits for every thousand games played) around 1920, so much so that many White players adopted the move-order 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 to avoid it.
And with leadership stating its preference to avoid the discharge petition anyway, GOP aides said the clearest path to victory on the farm bill may be to just give conservatives what they want ― only that may change if the gambit to kill the discharge petition wouldn't work anyway.
The uncertainty over the gambit is adding to the shakiness of the farm bill, as well as the Goodlatte bill, but GOP leaders say they would like to avoid all these complications by voting on the Goodlatte proposal only if it has the votes to pass.
Commissions, after all, are well-known gambits to deflect attention and postpone action.
