It has taken elected officials, though, to put a fire under the feet of KeySpan's chairman and chief executive, Robert B. Catell, to re-power the ancient KeySpan power plants.
It takes our elected officials acknowledging gender inequality and enacting policies to address the problem.
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The way they see it, "big-government conservatives" and "crony capitalists" have been doing whatever it takes to get elected and re-elected for decades, while Republicans in Washington caved on the small-government principles that were supposed to guide the party.
"I realize the issues for many candidates are not nearly as important as simply trying to get elected," Ms. McNeile said, "doing whatever it takes to get elected".
Unlike their Tory and Labour opponents, the party's candidates are, in effect, at liberty to say and do whatever it takes to get elected.
That they want to be president — so Romney will say and do whatever it takes to get elected, no matter how contradictory".
I want her to say anything it takes to get elected and, when called on it, I want her to say something about the fluidity of ideas.
Mocking recent attempts by the Tories to portray themselves as "progressive", Clegg went on: "They'll promise whatever they think it takes to get elected.
He will say whatever it takes to get elected.
