A shift in the conventional wisdom

Old conventional wisdom: The evil neoncons are using a mind-controlled President Bush to put into effect their long-standing plan to conquer Iraq: their first step towards achieving total world supremacy.

New conventional wisdom: an independent-minded President Bush decided to invade Iraq on a snap judgement.

It seems that the success of the Iraqi elections has earned Bush a promotion from "stupid idiot" to "gifted amateur" in certain liberal circles.