People needed to believe the lies, therefore the government needed a degree of credibility.
He needs an infusion of credibility.
Among these were a problem, not method focus, a bottom-up approach, the need of internal consultants, credibility, realism and patience.
Not the five- or six-year contract he wanted, necessarily, but the additional two years he needed, for credibility, for peace of mind.
As much as Windows itself needs a killer device like the Surface, Microsoft the company needs a desperate shot of credibility.
This time, though, there is also an initial requirement: nominees need to pass a threshold of credibility on national security.
"We need to address the issues of credibility, accountability and transparency," he said when asked about his goals.
The belief that it would be hard to gain the kind of credibility we need for monetary effectiveness is why I and others, notably Mike Woodford, believed that a strong fiscal stimulus was the option most likely to work in clawing our way out of a liquidity trap.
But the league faces a potential crisis of credibility and needs to do less huffing and more introspection.
"We knew that we needed to have that kind of credibility in anything we created," said Tom Poleman, Clear Channel's president of national programming platforms.
