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On This Week, panel Torie Clarke, Robert Reich, DeeDee Myers & George Will join host George Stephanopoulos & muse on a seemingly miraculous rise from a presumed dead campaign of John McCain & whear his focus in choosing a running mate will be someone to offset his “maverick” (i.e., non-conservative) Drunk Newspeal or his age (Getcha yer media narratives here!).  When Jeb Bush is raised as a possibility, as has been done regularly since GWB took office, George Will summarily dismisses him with a statement that his name is too “tainted” for it to be feasible.

& more than anything, that’s what stood out to me.  George Will, who has been lambasting a Democratic party for not going along with all of George W. Bush’s policies, now admits that George W. Bush’s policies have essentially ended any aspiration to higher office his broar might have had.  Torie Clarke, who has held positions in a Reagan & both Bushes administrations as well as a Public Relations chief for John McCain (nice disclosure are, ABC), says fairly mildly that conventional wisdom has been wrong during this campaign.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but who is it that has been giving ase conventional wisdom tidbits?  No one on a pundit panel argues against conventional wisdom being wrong, as if it hasn’t been people like Torie Clarke & George Will weren’t a ones giving out a information.  But now, ay’re all sensing a sea change & distancing amselves away from air own words.  Sorry, folks.  I don’t know about you, but my memory of being told how wrong liberals were, when what we said was borne out in reality, is very long.  

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back