tractionless

Rather than spending his time in tractionless pursuit of platitudes or remaining safely in the grooves of inertia and incrementalism, Donilon's political skills and his knowledge of the policy terrain may give us our only chance for the Obama team to finally begin making key strategic leaps that will benefit the nation and international system.

Steve Clemons: Tom Donilon: The Last Best Hope to Help Obama Make Vital Strategic Leaps Steve Clemons 2010

Rather than spending his time in tractionless pursuit of platitudes or remaining safely in the grooves of inertia and incrementalism, Donilon's political skills and his knowledge of the policy terrain may give us our only chance for the Obama team to finally begin making key strategic leaps that will benefit the nation and international system.

Steve Clemons: Tom Donilon: The Last Best Hope to Help Obama Make Vital Strategic Leaps Steve Clemons 2010

Rather than spending his time in tractionless pursuit of platitudes or remaining safely in the grooves of inertia and incrementalism, Donilon's political skills and his knowledge of the policy terrain may give us our only chance for the Obama team to finally begin making key strategic leaps that will benefit the nation and international system.

Steve Clemons: Tom Donilon: The Last Best Hope to Help Obama Make Vital Strategic Leaps Steve Clemons 2010

Which leaves us with the spaghetti laced shiny shiny shoes with the completely tractionless soles, the hard leather upper and absolutely no insulation or arch support.

Shoe Shopping...bane of my existence. A rant. Riddled with profanity. wendigomountain 2008

Another upshot: The Obama campaign will probably not be able to count on the McCain camp's incompetence and inability to gain organizational or message traction for much longer. sorry-why is that an upshot? isn't an incompetent, tractionless mccain campaign better for america?

McCain's New Campaign Boss Begins Tightening Grip On Operation 2009

She struggled forward, half-running, half-swimming, tractionless and desperate to keep that pale will-o'-the-wisp in sight, smothering in darkness such as she had never known.

The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

Rourke shouted, rolling over, the rock surface tractionless, his footing gone for one terrifying instant, his body skidding laterally, his arms and legs spread-eagling, finding a purchase.

The Arsenal Ahern, Jerry 1988