Now, Houston is mulling whether to commit for another season.
Initially, when she was offered the role, she was uncertain whether to commit.
We know that debates are raging within all parties about whether to commit to tax increases to pay for the NHS".
Given the Iraqi government we have, the question is whether to commit major resources to propping it up, a task which Iran will no doubt carry out anyway.
She describes the "intimacy versus isolation" stage, a task to be negotiated by the young adult, solely in terms of whether to commit to a lifelong intimate relationship.
This year, Bartlet was shown agonizing over whether to commit 10,000 American troops to an escalating, fictional conflict on the border shared by Russia, Kazakhstan and China.
Commanders wanted the team to find out whether that was accurate before deciding whether to commit a large force to the area.
As I reported for the magazine last winter, he had stayed up until three in the morning trying to decide whether to commit suicide or homicide.
It could also tip the balance on the toughest decision that could yet confront President Bush: whether to commit American ground forces.
Republican leaders will have to decide whether to commit large resources to try to defeat him, or focus on other, less costly races.
