His onetime supporter Elliott Carter has called his work incomplete, but has since revised his stance.

Even many of its onetime supporters have come to this conclusion.

And some onetime supporters are growing impatient with the delays.

State Senator Tom Hayden, a onetime supporter of rail construction, now says the plan is little more than old-fashioned pork barrel.

Ferguson, a onetime supporter of the Iraq war, has argued that "trying to get democracy in a rush in conditions of economic and political instability" is a formula for disaster.

His manner has been described as aloof, and onetime supporters - a growing group - fault him for being autocratic.

They include trial lawyers, Hollywood movie makers and even a onetime political supporter of President Clinton, Tyson Foods, an Arkansas-based chicken empire.

So is Senator Bob Dole, a onetime supporter of affirmative action who now cites immutable moral principles to explain why he is against it.

But many analysts had presumed that his onetime supporters would vote for Mr. Hynes, who like Mr. Hull is white.

So are the hedge fund managers David Tepper and Daniel S. Loeb, a onetime supporter of President Obama.