Driving back to the station, he kept wavering on how he felt.
I'm sure that's how Jim Jones or David Koresh kept wavering disciples from leaving the cult — What are you, crazy?
Kerry, a seasoned hand at climate diplomacy, flew to Paris during the second week of negotiations and remained there for the final five days, using his personal stature and longtime relationships with dozens of ministers at the talks to help keep wavering delegations in line.
That leaves Ms. Pelosi in the tough spot of trying to keep wavering members of her caucus on board, while persuading some who voted no to switch their votes to yes — all at a time when Democrats are worried about their prospects for re-election.
But in between identifying likely supporters and successfully delivering them to the polls there was an intensive effort to send them a constant stream of messages devised to keep wavering 2008 Obama supporters from succumbing to Mr. Romney's effort to win them over, and to get unwavering supporters excited about voting.
Not only can she keep wavering Democrats on board, (some have predicted a white flight from the Democrat party to the McCain camp nervous of Obama's inexperience and credentials), more significantly still, her influence could make genuine forays into enemy territory.
In the late stages of a legislative fight, rallying votes is more about politics than policy ― and, for sure, the Obama administration made plenty of quiet deals to keep wavering Democrats in the fold.
Republicans, however, worked to keep their wavering members from signing on to the compromise and began to come up with countermeasures, including a proposal by Mr. Coburn that critics said would unravel current regulations.
Instead, Democratic leaders want to keep the tightest pressure on the two moderate Republicans and believe that as long as Collins and Murkowski are undecided, that will help keep any wavering Democrats from supporting Kavanaugh.
The dentist, in Stuart Urban's script, consistently invokes divine will to keep his wavering lover on side, convincing her that first their adultery and then the disposal of their spouses is "what God wants".
