He has an open mind, a good ear and, industry executives say, an intense drive to succeed.

"We see daily evidence of what happens when the drive to deregulate succeeds," he said, "as it did over the last seven or eight years."

In 2004, a student-led drive to retire Wallace's jersey finally succeeded.

In 1983, a homegrown organizing drive by HERE to organize these workers finally succeeded.

Professional political organizers are not so sure the drive will succeed, given the Oct. 24 deadline.

The drive was gravel and wound through the trees to a modern garage that had been designed to match the house and almost succeeded.

A Japanese drive to buy American is succeeding only in part.

If the drive succeeds, state officials estimate, tax bills could drop by as much as two-thirds without an appreciable loss in services.

Mr. Stokes said he believed the drive would succeed because it has to.

With the facilities, the resources, and - perhaps most importantly - the drive to succeed, Daninos set out in earnest to make his goal a reality.