One Home Office source said: "He believed he made headway with backbenchers".
He made headway on an ambitious American plan to create a Pacific free trade zone, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that, for now, would not include China.
But while he made headway over the years, the single most transformative event for Barclays was the firm's acquisition of Lehman Brothers' core American banking assets in the fall of 2008.
He waited more than a week before he made headway with Hussein, but was able to secure all 15 hostages and bring them home. .
But no matter how hard he tried, he never felt he was making headway.
But he says he has made headway blanketing the shoreline with officers on Jet Skis, in boats and on off-road vehicles and mountain bikes.
Olmert was forced to resign — over charges of corruption, all but one of which, the least severe, did not stand up in court — just when, he feels, he was making headway in negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The question, he continued, was whether he could make headway among Republicans in the South and the Midwest and California, a state that allows Democrats and independents to vote but only counts Republicans in determining who wins convention delegates.
He does, however, believe he is making headway.
He has also reasoned that he can make headway by taking a new look at Israel's security requirements and the arrangements to safeguard them.
He had the chance to be signed, but by then he was making headway as an actor.
