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November 05, 2009
"Move the ball forward" One of several tortured sports metaphors commonly used by politicians; see also: "cover our bases" and "step up to the plate."
"There are many issues that are before our state—both fiscal and economic issues—and all of these are critically important, but we can't sit by and muddle through these very difficult times and hope they all go okay. We need to move the ball forward on all fronts…"
- From an October 30 press release about Gov. Lingle's efforts to expand relations between Hawaii and China