1. But in the last resort, political Decisions rest upon judgement, or political wisdom, and upon interests. 2. Like much political folk wisdom, this particular belief is of recent origin. 3. The conventional political wisdom is that you hear from the losers, not the gainers. 4. And many people questioned his political wisdom when, in October, he appointed as his top administrative aide Barry Sullivan, a former deputy mayor to David Dinkins. 5. And the political wisdom says the best way to win them is to foster their deep resentment of the city. 6. As usual, conventional political wisdom will turn out to be wrong. 7. At times the dizziness of the moment threatened to overwhelm political wisdom. 8. Bush and his fellow GOP leaders have thus far demonstrated remarkable political wisdom by copying and stealing issues that Democrats have used successfully in past elections. 9. But conventional political wisdom holds that a politician cannot be too supportive of the death penalty, when polls say that nearly three out of four Americans favor it. 10. But if conventional political wisdom has it right, Baucus can fend them off. |
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