The president and his advisers clearly took us into Iraq without one.
Many financial advisers take a long look at these risk indicators before recommending a fund.
Rioters now turn up with their own legal advisers filming and taking notes.
But his advisers take his appearance seriously enough to have run focus groups about it.
Senior advisers have taken a voluntary pay cut, and the campaign has taken pains to keep its staff small.
But that must have been something Mr. Bush and his advisers took into account.
The adviser responsible for multicultural education took this view.
A layman like me could not help wondering whether Frazier and his advisers are taking too big a chance.
Other advisers took the same lose-lose view of a runoff, although a few thought he should go for it, aides said.
Other advisers, looking beyond the raw figures, take a dimmer view.