Some, even many, could opt for that.
The problem, of course, is that, through his own judgment and the advice he is receiving, Obama is opting for a path that is internally contradictory.
Though quite a few manufacturers opt for that second path, HTC is apparently having none of it.
One of the hardest things for business leaders to understand is that security teams face live adversaries who, despite headlines about "sophisticated" attacks, usually opt for the path of least resistance.
It may be that - faced with the difficult task of implementing disinvestments - the MRHA opted for the path of least resistance.
They had earlier taken a track that would have brought them to south-western Canada, but because of weather changes, they opted for the path toward Mexico, officials said.
It's easier to opt for the path of least resistance — the historical norm of a career-focused man and a family-focused woman.
Even though everyone knows he wavered between Leave and Remain and opted for the path he felt would benefit his personal ambition, he is the two campaigns' "most trusted" politician.
Lawmakers might also opt for the path of least resistance and keep extending the 2009 rates, one year at time, rather than making them permanent or tackling the bigger issues, Mr. Belcher said — no matter who occupies the White House.
But if no one emerges by late July, and the Nationals are still in the race, might they opt for the path they chose with mixed results the past two seasons and add a closer around the deadline?
"If allowed to choose my own content in elementary school," one critic of personalized learning has observed, "I would have become an expert in princesses and dogs". And many students, if allowed to proceed at their own pace, are likely to opt for the path of least resistance rather than push themselves to move as quickly as possible.
