Instead, what they saw was a dynamo, and a very adept political operator.
She vowed to redouble her efforts and became an adept political operator, working with the famously corrupt Democrats in Tammany Hall as well as with Republicans.
David Miliband was deemed "too brainy", Alan Johnson had a "lack of killer instinct" and Harriet Harman was a "policy lightweight but an adept interparty operator".
Mr. Mori, 62, who has been in Parliament for more than 30 years, has held several cabinet posts, including the trade and education portfolios, and is considered an adept political operator.
"The voice of the people is God's voice," he claimed, defending a victory his main opponent disputed.Mr Hernández, who is reputed to be an adept political operator, badly needs a deus ex machina to help him when he is formally declared president-elect of a country that had the world's highest murder rate last year (about 20 Hondurans are killed each day).
Khan, a lawyer and adept Labour Party operator, offers reporters and political analysts a countervailing demonstration of pluralistic, inclusive progressiveness.
In contrast to Albers, Moholy was a high-powered operator, adept at networking and delegating, yet idealistic.
EU officials are well aware, after his 21 years in power in Minsk, of Lukashenko's reputation as a wily operator adept at playing off the EU and Russia for his own advantage.
He came to be known as a powerful & clever bull operator, particularly adept in the art of squeezing short sellers.
