But after his own bid for the Democratic nomination for president failed last year, he made a public — and by his own account, painful — break with the Clintons to endorse Mr. Obama; in return, some speculated he might be selected for a top-tier cabinet position, like secretary of state.
The fund has also been able to exploit the Diana "brand", by endorsing certain products in return for a cut of the price.However, the fate of Band Aid is worth recalling.
That came to nothing, as did an earlier proposal that he endorse Labour in 1992 in return for a clear run against two SDP MPs.
Instead of riffing on a lavish, career-hobbling multi-drug habit, Bourdain's main dilemma now is whether or not he should endorse a rubbish restaurant in return for $40,000 a month.
Dr. Shetty struck a deal he'd endorse the product but in return the co-op would assure its members' participation in his micro health insurance plan.
Last year, for example, Senator John McCain traveled around the country to campaign for dozens of Republican House candidates who, in return, endorsed campaign finance legislation.
They sacrificed lay intellectuals, writers, and other "westernised elites" to the tender mercies of bigoted clerics, in the hope that the latter, in return, would endorse their own stranglehold on the organs of state.
In return for endorsing Mr. McAuliffe, Mr. Jackson was named the party's national development chair, a post that will also give him responsibility to run a Voting Rights Institute that the party plans to establish.
Trump, in return, has endorsed both Rubio and McCain in their primary battles, despite his blistering personal attacks against both men in the past.
In return, Kathmandu pledged to endorse Beijing's "one-China policy" (which decrees that both Taiwan and Tibet are "inalienable parts of Chinese territory") and to prohibit "anti-Chinese activities" within Nepal.
