Politicians and their aides think it may lead to a higher turnout in the primary.

Tilting his head down, the aide thought a moment.

Ms. Hughes said the governor and his aides had thought they were not being "creative" enough.

Even my aides think more highly of you after listening to your most recent report.

An aide called to say she thought the senator would back this issue.

Other aides, while insisting that the campaign has not yet begun, are thinking ahead in strategic detail.

"No," Kris replied, "but we aides thought it wasn't fair for us to drink something you aren't yet allowed."

He's better at it than he and his aides think.

The words and the way they were said made it sound as if the young aide thought he was addressing God.

But aides thought few would be adopted, given that they were rejected by Congress during the two-year tax overhaul debate.