Reply To: A Torah Perspective on Obama, Our New President-Elect

There’s also Case #3, per the Ma’or VaShemesh, where “Nissim and Nifla’os” are needed where the objective is to pray that the stature of the Tzadikim is raised. While he doesn’t say it explicitly, it seems the Ma’or VaShemesh implies that Case #3 is when both the king and his advisers are evil.