Assistants to the major candidates said that given the turn of events, they would refrain from campaigning for the time being.
made his incomprehensible statement that world affairs had become more "manageable" after the failed mission, thus freeing him from his vow to stick to business in the White House and refrain from campaigning for reelection as long as the hostages were being held in Iran.
But, like Ms. Bysiewicz, Ms. Kelly implicitly criticized Ms. Harris's decision to campaign for Mr. Bush, saying that Mr. Farmer refrained from campaigning for any candidate.
The Democratic Party had stripped the state of its delegates as a punishment for moving its primary earlier in the year, and the leading candidates refrained from campaigning there.
Given all this – and with general elections due in one year – it may be no surprise that the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has refrained from campaigning decisively for "yes".
While Mr. McGreevey refrained from campaigning, Mr. Schundler, eager to demonstrate the leadership qualities he believed voters would seek in a time of crisis, sought out reporters to describe his many ideas for ways to improve New Jersey's defenses against terrorism and its readiness for emergencies.
And he repeated his criticism that Mr. Green, who has spoken repeatedly in recent days of running a "future-oriented" campaign that is free of petty attacks, had broken his pledge to refrain from negative campaigning.
A family spokesperson said that George Romney had endorsed Abraham before knowing Ronna Romney would run and could not go back on his word, although he did refrain from personally campaigning on Abraham's behalf.
Another retired army officer, and a member of the aristocratic class known as the princelings, said that corruption existed throughout the military but that the new commission would probably refrain from a sustained campaign against it.
Analysts said that the Chinese government had asked Myanmar's generals to refrain from initiating military campaigns before the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic on Oct. 1.
