21.   Limited government, then, was not just a slogan for the American founders, it was the path to greatness and the beginning of political wisdom.

22.   Madsen is just starting to rock conventional political wisdom, said John Aristotle Phillips, CEO of Aristotle Co., a political internet consulting firm based in San Francisco.

23.   McCain, in fact, is eschewing conventional political wisdom and bypassing the state to concentrate on New Hampshire.

24.   Modern political wisdom holds that elections are won by cutting taxes and lost by raising them.

25.   Royal Masset, a Republican consultant based in Austin, dispensed his political wisdom to a circle of Bush supporters.

26.   Still, some experts say Foley should defy prevailing political wisdom.

27.   Stoiber will have to fight not only Schroeder but also received political wisdom here.

28.   Such unconventional political wisdom comes from a man who has nonetheless established himself as a bedrock conservative on most every issue before the Senate.

29.   That is particularly true with Ferraro, who has accepted the conventional political wisdom that she is the front-runner, and not risked anything that might upset that.

30.   Surely a conventional enough activity for any politician running for re-election, but Baker defied conventional political wisdom in at least one way.