While Hillary Clinton has spent weeks huddled with advisers ahead of the first presidential debate, Donald Trump's preparation has been rather more laissez- faire.
There was surprise among bankers yesterday that Singapore looked likely to be chosen by the Glazers and their advisers ahead of Hong Kong, but some speculated that this might be because Premier League clubs have found it hard to make headway in China while the wider growth story in Asia is more attractive.
I understand that the rail unions (Aslef, TSSA and Unite, but not the RMT who are not affiliated to the Labour Party) have had meetings with Ed Miliband and his advisers ahead of this weekend's National Policy Forum which will agree what's being described as "the foundation of our manifesto".
The Sunday Telegraph, meanwhile, said it had seen a cache of documents "which detail a regulator apparently intent on suppressing negative publicity about the NHS, amid political pressure from then-Labour ministers and their advisers" ahead of the 2010 General Election.
The last Sunday of the year was a quiet one on the network's morning talk shows, with David Axelrod, President-elect Barack Obama's political adviser, looking ahead to the new administration while Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reflected on the past eight years.
But a court suspects her of complicity in misusing public funds when, as Finance Minister, she overruled objections from advisers to go ahead with the arbitration.
There are a number of admiring scenes, including those showing Mr. Reagan rebuffing his advisers to push ahead with negotiations with the Soviets and others depicting him as a devoted husband.
So he asked his advisers to "push ahead full-tilt" and, in doing so, sparked the political flame that would ultimately have him sign into law the most sweeping legislative program since FDR's New Deal.
Ms Palmer told Spotlight that Mr McCausland's political special adviser, Stephen Brimstone, phoned her ahead of the meeting and asked her to vote against the board's decision to refuse Mr McCausland's request.
Hulsizer, a former U.S. Marine and father of six hired by Trump's campaign in June, played a major role as an adviser in northeastern Iowa ahead of the caucus.
