Grant ignored Thomas's objections until they were endorsed by Gen. William "Baldy" Smith, whom Grant deeply respected.
The early warnings do not become official until they are endorsed by a majority of the 15 national finance ministers.
"I would have preferred they not endorse anyone until the Democratic [presidential] candidate had been selected," Tollen said.
RK Narayan, remember, was not published in England until Graham Greene endorsed his work.
Until it endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, the newspaper, founded in 1890, had never endorsed a Democrat over a Republican for president.
This was later called the Powell Doctrine, for General Colin Powell, its practitioner until he endorsed the inadequately manned invasion of Iraq four and a half years ago.
It looked as if Préval would be a mere footnote in the long political saga, until Aristide endorsed him for President, in 1996, and he won by a huge margin.
Or at least it appears to be so for Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, the former Democratic presidential candidate and -- at least until he endorsed Senator Barack Obama -- Friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
He hasn't held any public press conferences and mostly stayed out of the media conversation until he endorsed Anthony Weiner earlier this month.
Starring Waxie Moon, Jinkx Monsoon, Robbie Turner, BenDeLaCreme, Jason Carter and many others, Season 2 of Capitol Hill had everything - demons, politicians, evil Russian dance teachers, hot naked men, human-seal relationships, Guinevere Turner, organic vegetables and even Colby Keller (until he endorsed Donald Trump and we cut him out).
