You should have a therapist or intervention strategist present, and you might have resources ready to offer your friend, such as referrals to treatment centers or locations of AA meetings.
Not every Republican strategist presented as positive a view as Dowd did.
But for James Purnell, former No 10 policy aide, former John Birt strategist, and present occupant of the "one to watch" column in Westminster observers' notebooks, the position of minister for broadcasting at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is but the latest stage in a logical career trajectory.
The first three weeks of December, strategists say, may present an opportunity for candidates to give closing arguments.
But at present, strategists in both parties tell us they see a Democratic gain of 20 to 35 House seats as the likeliest outcome.
That he did so is, in some respects, a tribute to past and present strategists and managers, but it is most of all a reflection of the candidate himself.
However, the continuing gulf between Democrats and Republicans over the shutdown brought a default into the realm of the possible, prompting several strategists to issue reports presenting dire consequences if no deal is reached on a debt ceiling.
WATERLOO, Iowa — At a recent focus group of black voters in South Carolina, strategists for Senator Barack Obama presented a videotape of a speech he delivered at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Iowa, featuring images of an overwhelmingly white audience applauding earnestly.
No wonder charity war-room strategists like the omni-present Nancy Schwartz, who's advised the Ford Foundation and the National Urban League, have been saying in those seminars and planning sessions: "Use pictures liberally, especially moving pictures, and of course that applies not just to Facebook but to virtually all communications outlets, new and old.
The entire election strategy was presented by conservative strategists as May's election, with her Labour opponent Jeremy Corbyn portrayed as a weak and untrusted leader.
