---

• n  a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
• n  an easy accomplishment
  winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him
  invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk
• v  perform the cakewalk dance

• But a potential cakewalk makes for dull punditry, and politicos are abuzz over the last hurdle Obama must clear in his path to the presidency: a phenomenon known as the "Bradley .
• Combining digital-age technology with old-fashioned shoe leather, the Illinois Senator first rallied Iowa students to cancel Clinton's cakewalk.
• Ricks gets his most damning recollections from the military officers whose warnings that Iraq would be no cakewalk were brushed aside by civilian bosses.

News & Articles

---

• What do the Cardinals do when rain threatens a delay?
  The St. Louis Cardinals host the Chicago Cubs for the first time at this season , and although these two clubs may be separated by 15 games in the standings Cardinal fans should not expect a cakewalk in this four game set.
  June 17, 2013 - KSDK St. Louis
• ‘Man of Steel’ Shoulders Quest to Lift DC to Marvel Level
  In Warner Bros .’ “Man of Steel,” Superman tries to save the world from powerful villains. His real-life task is no cakewalk either: Turn the studio’s DC Comics into a hit factory like Walt Disney Co. (DIS) ’s Marvel.
  June 14, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Attention, Capital-Hungry Entrepreneurs: New UNH Research Can Help 'Show You the Money'
  To continue building their companies, growth entrepreneurs depend on short-term, liquid sources of debt financing such as bank loans, even though winning a thumbs-up from bankers is no cakewalk. Yet University of New Hampshire researchers have shed new light on how entrepreneurs can influence their creditworthiness.
  June 12, 2013 - Newswise

Quotes

---

• Steve Cauthen in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  Wow is all I can say,Steve Cauthen, who rode Affirmed, said by telephone from Kentucky. "He looks pretty special. It was like a cakewalk for him. The important thing to me is he keeps passing all the tests."
• Barack Obama in USA Today
  I come from Chicago politics,Obama said. "We're accustomed to rough and tumble. I don't expect this to be a cakewalk."
• Chris Dodd in Forbes
  I don't underestimate the political abilities of the opposition,said Dodd. "Anyone who assumes this is just going to be a cakewalk, I think is mistaken.