With the economy in such trouble, he may decide it's better to delay any action.
Sometimes, it's better to delay your run by a few hours to avoid a pollution peak.
Addressing delays to its implementation, Mr Duncan Smith insisted it had been better to delay the scheme rather than risk problems.
However, it is understood David Cameron dug in his heels and told his Liberal Democrat partners that it would be better to delay a decision until later in the month.
Barak told his fellow cabinet ministers that he feared a repeat of the 2006 war, and thought it would be better to delay the attack on Al Kibar.
"We're going to have to accept that the cellulosic fuels are late," he said, but it would be better to delay the quotas than to eliminate them.
If that is not possible, she said, it would be better to delay opening new clinics so she and her colleagues did not have to cut back care for patients they already served.
Mario Draghi, the chairman of the Financial Stability Board, a global coordination body that works closely with the Basel Committee, said Sunday that it would be better to delay putting the standards in effect than to weaken them.
Other aides said the Indonesian and Australian governments recognized it would be better to delay until a time when the president would not be distracted by events back home.
Mario Draghi, the chairman of the Financial Stability Board, a global coordination body that works closely with the Basel Committee, said on Sunday that it would be better to delay putting the standards in effect, rather than weakening them.
