A way back, as the marriage counsellors would say, must be found: it is vital to our democracy that politicians succeed in overcoming the deep scepticism of voters.
The unquestioning support is a product of public fury at US-orchestrated "disappearances", of which there have been hundreds in Pakistan, and deep scepticism about the American account of her capture.
Deep scepticism in Washington exists about a thaw in relations, as the US and Iran compete for influence in the Middle East and South Asia.
There is deep scepticism in the British polling industry that Labour and the Conservatives had private polls way out of line with what they were publishing.
Later, as Iran and six world powers including Britain and the US, reached a historic nuclear agreement in Geneva, trying to defuse the threats of yet another war in the Middle East, Canada injected deep scepticism.
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, once said he wanted to hang Mr Saakashvili "by the balls".The cause of the row was Georgia's pro-Western orientation: its bid to join NATO was anathema to Russia and regarded with deep scepticism in much of the alliance.
Never did Capello provide a better demonstration of the fact than when he took over at Milan and, with no money to spend and an air of deep scepticism in the city about his appointment, took virtually the same side to the scudetto in his first season.
Their shares now trade at discounts of over 45% to the net asset values booked in the first quarter, suggesting deep scepticism that these investments are still worth what was paid for them.That is not to say some private-equity firms will not have the last laugh.
Yet in a long conversation one afternoon at his home in Yangon last year, he expressed deep scepticism about the government's ultimate intentions.
But aid agencies working in the country have expressed deep scepticism about the Prime Minister's claim that the £29 million additional aid pledge could make any real difference to exodus.
