It remains to be seen what Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi is going to do — and how the authorities are going to react to, for instance, her pledge to investigate election fraud.
Though she said that the long primary season had been "a very positive experience" for the Democratic Party, her pledge reflects the deep concern among many Democrats that a nominating contest that reaches the convention floor could be disastrous.
"I thank her for her endorsement and pledge an optimistic, positive campaign, in the Reagan tradition, to renew America's spirit and encourage a new era of personal responsibility and freedom," Mr. Bush said.
Katehi said she takes "full responsibility for the incident" but has resisted calls for her resignation, instead pledging to take actions to make sure "that this does not happen again".However, a law enforcement official who watched the clip called the use of force "fairly standard police procedure".
Mr. Lazio has released the letters while facing questions about his tactics in the debate last week in which he approached Mrs. Clinton's lectern and gestured for her to sign a pledge banning soft money.
Mrs. LaValle said she and many other family members had signed pledges for her son promising not to cooperate in any effort by defense lawyers to try to save his life by presenting mitigating evidence.
For her part, Clinton has pledged that under her administration, "when people commit crimes on Wall Street, they will be prosecuted and imprisoned".
Voters punished her for pledging any bailout money at all.
At last year's summit, ASEAN leaders had called publicly for her release, and secured a pledge from Myanmar's prime minister at the time, Khin Nyunt, to move towards democracy.
Even her aides say it would be difficult for her to surge ahead in pledged delegates unless something monumental were to happen.
