out on a limb

“The question is, does that reflect a genuine shift in policy sensibility and a readiness to really go out on a limb for a principled position? Or does that more reflect a sense of finger in the air and test the winds?”

Better to have politicians and experts who study the pressing issues of the day and go out on a limb rather than shrug their shoulders.

Still, the question remains: Are the hosts truly going out on a limb and breaking with the establishment, or do they foresee a more glacial shift in the status quo in which, in future elections, it will be compulsory for Democratic hopefuls to provide a more imaginative policy on Israel?

One person I was struck by was Sen. Chris Van Hollen when he went to El Salvador; putting people first and trying something that he had no idea whether this was going to help at all, but he was willing to go out on a limb like that.

Coaches have had to put themselves out on a limb.