Without those, our candidates may well become mired in a defensive, low enthusiasm fight most of them can't win.
However, delaying that timeline would surely have political consequences, as well as miring us more deeply in a bottomless pit.
Despite the country posting a slight recovery last quarter, France is still well and truly mired in recession.
Indeed, Hockey's economic forecasts show GDP mired well below trend for 2014-15 and 2015-16, hindered by government demand growth at a puny 1.5% in 2014-15 and just 1% in 2015-16.
But Mr Obama warned in his interview: "Sometimes what we've seen is that folks will call for immediate action, jumping into stuff, that does not turn out well, gets us mired in very difficult situations, can result in us being drawn into very expensive, difficult, costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region".
As a result we are stuck with an economy that is mired well below full employment.
Mr. Mandela was a wellspring of hope for his fellow countrymen, as well those still mired in the clutches of repression around the globe.
Labour has been mired, pretty well since 2010, in a kind of defensive timidity, where – to the naked eye – the party won't oppose any coalition policies, but Ed Balls will get incredibly angry about a small amount of growth.
But at this point we are well into the ballet and mired in its sluggish pace and narrative puzzles.
It was a lack of clear planning — as well as politics — that has mired the UK's proposed eco-towns.
(When Obinze trips and falls to the ground, a co-worker shouts, "His knee is bad because he's a knee-grow!") Ifemelu and Obinze represent a new kind of immigrant, "raised well fed and watered but mired in dissatisfaction".
