The New York Times' White House reporter Maggie Haberman predicted that, if Kavanaugh is confirmed, it's likely that Democrats' anger over the process would have more staying power than the Republicans' temporary increase in enthusiasm.
But in a state or district with a significant majority of Republicans, he can bring home a win for his party, giving it an opportunity to use the temporary burst of enthusiasm to sign up volunteers and encourage early voting, where that's an option, before the excitement fades.
Because likely voter polls can be more sensitive than registered voter polls to temporary swings in voter enthusiasm, which sometimes reverse themselves as there are new developments in the news cycle.
For some, a slight change of course for their career plan gives them a temporary burst of fresh enthusiasm for their work.
Kevin: There's a difference in life between 'enthusiasm' and 'passion.' Enthusiasm can be temporary, fleeting, and in the moment.
So it's hard to distinguish a genuine shift toward Mr. Romney, from a real but potentially temporary shift based on changes in voter enthusiasm, from an artificial change caused by a bias toward heavy news consumers.
(Staff Nurse 2) However, this enthusiasm for RTC appeared to be temporary.
The selection of Ms. Munro was greeted with an outpouring of enthusiasm in the English-speaking world, a temporary relief from recent years when the Swedish Academy chose winners who were obscure, difficult to comprehend or overtly political.
By the prestige of his royal name and his enthusiasm, Don Juan was able to impose a temporary unity of purpose on the quarreling admirals of the league and to form the several fleets into an effective fighting unit.
For example, a query for "want to eat" demonstrated to the StockTwits community that enthusiasm for Taco Bell's new menu was likely temporary.
But enthusiasm began to swell this summer after he announced a temporary stop to the deportation of young illegal immigrants brought here as children.
