But few of her allies or rivals doubt her ability to raise millions of dollars easily, and aides have signaled for months that if she gets into the race, it could be later in the summer.
Mattis emerged from the dizzying month still seemingly intact, but he, too, has been diminished in ways that are not yet entirely clear: Will Pompeo prove to be an ally or a rival of the Defense Secretary?
The endgame of the Democratic primaries will shape the bigger contest for influence in the party over the next four years, one in which Warren and Sanders could prove to be allies -- or rivals.
The princes were their allies or their rivals; they sometimes did homage and swore fealty to the king, but they were reluctant to admit that their hard-won patrimonies were fiefs held of the crown.
One was made to the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service in London, the C.I.A.'s oldest ally and rival.
Ms. Bailey, both ally and rival to J. T., acts as a go-between with city agencies and the police.
Sérgio Massa, a former ally turned rival Peronist (promoted above), topped the poll in Buenos Aires province, making him the man to watch in the 2015 presidential election.
The Associated Press reported that Arslan has worked at outlets linked to the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, a former ally turned rival of Erdoğan.
His ally turned rival, former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected to return from neighbouring South Africa and could be appointed as the new president within hours.
Yushchenko has repeatedly accused his former ally turned rival Tymoshenko of acting in the interests of Russia, although she firmly denied the allegations.
Such escapes are common from Mexican state prisons, where guards are often either bribed or too frightened to resist heavily armed gangs that arrive to free allies or to kill rivals.
