Georges, for his part, seemed worried that Simons was overly focussed on an extremely difficult problem.
It is often true that political reporting is overly focussed on tactics, and, as Obama argues, that coverage of the Clinton campaign — its professionalism and organization — has at times been fawning.
None of this is to say that Mr Cameron has not had a bad week, linked to a sense that he is overly focussed on the interests of a few privileged backers.
But, during the last two weeks, in conversations with multiple former colleagues and associates of Sheriff Israel, I was told again and again that, since taking office, Israel has failed to engage sufficiently in the essential if unglamorous work of overseeing law enforcement in a large and complex U.S. county, and that he was overly focussed on the politics of prolonging his tenure.
"Too often, we have been overly driven by domestic politics, and overly focussed on extracting concessions from one another, rather than investing in one another's success and defining priorities that can bring clarity and common purpose to our action," said Mr McCain at a recent speech in Washington.
Traditionally, many indicator sets can be overly focussed on short term policy, 'bunched' around available data, and can miss important outcomes.
Modern medicine is overly focused on a disease-based model.
Don't get overly focused on the salary number.
It is argued that current models of agricultural change are overly focused on productive increases.
Another question facing the board is whether the company has become overly focused on China.
"The country has become overly focused on money, money, money," he observed.
