Bradshaw advised Mitt Romney during his presidential bid in 2008, and her defection suggests just how isolated the former Massachusetts governor's current bid is becoming.
And this is to say nothing of Olympics economics, which, for many, has become a gold-medal hoodwink, with "lowballing" the costs of the games during the bid process becoming a competitive sport in itself.
But Sony was unable to complete the deal quickly -- though it is still pursuing its bid -- becoming bogged down in negotiations with its own backers.
By then, the city's bid was becoming a longer shot, but it was eventually done in because these days, the I.O.C. expects the full support (financial included) of each bid's federal government, and the United States government sits out the sports event business.
Carolyn Reidy, president of the Simon & Schuster Adult Trade Publishing Group, said, "The best bid is becoming a more popular option than in the past because some of the agents are hoping to get the publisher's highest price right off the bat rather then have them bid a little more than someone else, slowly, which is not always to the agents' benefit".
It's official: "X Factor" UK winners Little Mix will be heading across the pond to make their bid at becoming the next big girl group.
The loss snapped a six-game winning streak by Virginia Tech and ended the Hokies' bid at becoming just the fourth team in school history to win 11 games in a season.
At the margin, however, bids are becoming harder to pull off.
"Following on from the double host awards to Esbjerg in Denmark and Lohja, Finland, this form of multiple event bidding is becoming increasingly popular amongst our member associations and is proving to be an attractive proposition for the WCF".
Governments must steer between imposing premature austerity (in a bid to avoid becoming Greece) and allowing their public finances to deteriorate for too long.
