I'm no buying "the best we can get" excuse. I would place a large bet, this is nothing more than retrospective WH spin. They know they screwed up but they won't admit it.
Hear, hear. I knew this would become a talking point.
But, I think we will see the conservative pundits start falling for this, one by one.
We are weak.
Conservatism may not be dead, but it is going back into hibernation.