As early as November 2003, she was preparing her party for change, persuading it to commit itself to an overhaul of the tax and health-care systems.
And that requires a cultural sea change: persuading analysts, who for years have survived by holding their cards tightly to their chests, to begin openly showing their hands online.
The changes persuaded BP Amoco and its partners, including Unocal and Norwegian Statoil, to draw up a timetable and financial commitments.
Promises of some changes persuaded the Walloons to lift their veto, but resistance is certain to be far broader to the huge Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in the works between Europe and the United States, which has already drawn fierce opposition in Europe.
However, some groups have warned that the banks could try to recover money lost through PPI sales by raising charges elsewhere, and lenders and insurers suggested borrowers could be left vulnerable if the changes persuaded them not to buy cover for their loans.
In nine other states, Ms. Lundy's client helped win legislative changes, persuading lawmakers that it needed to raise costs to stay in business and serve borrowers.
Concerns about climate change have persuaded the researchers to examine CO2 injection in the form of carbonated water (CW) into oil reservoir as a safe and effective CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery process.
According to "Game Change," Dowd persuaded Geffen to give her an interview by telling him that, when it was over, if he did not want her to use it, she would not.
In New York, fears that the impending shutdown of three upstate reactors would imperil climate change mitigation persuaded Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office to extend subsidies comparable to those given to renewables, to keep them afloat.
The central question before voters in Iowa therefore became one of experience over hope: could sceptical midwesterners who were sold once on change be persuaded to buy the extra-strength version, only in less attractive packaging?
