It's a difficult process. It's somewhat discouraging and that's putting it mildly.

This market is somewhat difficult to call.

I'm rather pleased, to put it mildly,

We'll have to see how those programs do. Those have traditionally been somewhat difficult and a headache (for PC vendors); it means more support calls and technical calls.

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

It's a very difficult situation for Bud. I'm sympathetic to him, because it would be an investigation that somewhat would be directed at him.