rope-a-dope

• “I've already explained why so much of that was off-base, because Brown's Zen rope-a-dope approach was the fundamentally correct course.”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: Brown in Command, Boxer Holding on, A Big Green Victory in the Making

• “That is a great deal of money, and testament to his disciplined Zen rope-a-dope approach to the campaign.”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, and the Dust That Won't Settle

• “So why does Brown, who in the latest polling has taken a lead over billionaire Meg Whitman (whom he finally debates for the first time on Tuesday night), his Zen rope-a-dope strategy beginning to pay off, want to be governor (again)?”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: Why on Earth Would Jerry Brown Want to Be Governor of California?

• “But Montreal did the rope-a-dope thing again [in game 2], and they came away victorious, so don't count them out.”

  The Washington Post: Bruce Boudreau's rooting against Pittsburgh

• “While some anxious folks, and few envious ones, fret about Brown in his current rope-a-dope mode, he has made three times as many public appearances since the primary as Whitman has.”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: The Machinations of Meg Whitman: Murphy's Million (Plus) and More

• “Surely, I'm missing something here, but all of this seems like reckless rope-a-dope in the tradition of Muhammad Ali in his best rope-a-doping days.”

  The Huffington Post: Robert L. Cavnar: Well Integrity Test - Where Did That Come From?

• “But his Senate tenure has often looked like an endless rope-a-dope.”

  The Huffington Post: Ari Melber: Democrats Will Be Better Off if Reid Loses

• “With a little help from his friends, like the California Working Families and Working Californians independent expenditure committees, which are nonetheless being heavily out-spent by Whitman, Brown's Zen rope-a-dope approach to the governor's race has him in a "surprisingly" strong position, considering that he still hasn't spent a dime himself.”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Post-Press Era and Meg Whitman

• “What I've called his "Zen rope-a-dope campaign" has worked with, to borrow a line from the Beatles, "a little help from his friends.”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Meg Whitman Program for Future California

• “In Dinner for Schmucks, it is quickly and firmly established that the only reason nice-guy Tim agrees to participate in the rope-a-dope dinner is because he wants to get ahead at work, and the only reason he wants to get ahead at work is so his girlfriend will marry him.”

  Newsweek: Go ‘Schmuck’ Yourself

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