But when, soon after taking office, he sent Congress a proposal to slash the retirement program, the plan hit a buzz saw.
A Democratic plan to cover people 55 to 64 - a group hard hit by layoffs.
The president's plan hits most of the right notes.
They would learn who was really in charge when Eris's plan hit its final stages.
Its plans would hit more than 1 million people, three quarters of whom pay tax at the basic rate.
That is where plans for an initial offering have hit a snag.
But the plan has hit serious problems because the universities are unwilling to offer the scientists contracts.
By requiring all employers to pay for health insurance, the plan would hit Texas businesses especially hard.
As is the way of the tropics, my plans had already hit a snag.
"Do they have any plans to hit the boy, his family, or his lawyer?"