Some lawmakers dismiss questions about her potential conflicts, but still question her mastery of regulatory minutiae.
They often dismiss questions about them as hypothetical, though in Iraq the hypothetical often becomes all too real.
Advisers dismiss questions about whether Mr. Obama can muster the masses of the 2008 campaign, though his first official rallies in early May did suggest such questions.
Mr. McCain's friends dismiss questions about his ties to lobbyists, arguing that he has too much integrity to let such personal connections influence him.
An aside: Some pundits have tried to dismiss questions about Mr. Bush's business career as unfair -- it was long ago, and hence irrelevant.
In recent weeks, Mayor Bloomberg tended to dismiss questions about his expected margin of victory — would it be 10 percentage points?
That bounce helped Mr. Edwards dismiss questions about his viability and also helped him to raise $310,000 on the Internet by the late afternoon.
William Hague, the foreign secretary, sought to dismiss questions about Koussa's hostile reception, saying there were likely to be "a wide range of political views" among opposition forces.
As part of the launch, content is already on the site seeking to dismiss questions raised by some of the candidates, as well as Glenn Beck, about Mr. Obama's commitment to Israel.
Having built his second presidential campaign primarily around his business experience, he was never going to be able to dismiss questions about his fortune and how he made it.
She also continued to dismiss questions regarding her age, noting that each implied that she had blossomed late, or lucked into the French Open championship or failed before she won there.
