But after months of reflection, the widespread view among officers appears rather different.
And quietly, behind the scenes, the widespread view was that he couldn't get enough white votes to secure the nomination.
Well, the widespread view among the Sherlockians with whom I spoke was that Scotland Yard had badly bungled the investigation.
She acknowledged the widespread view that the board had failed to explain the dismissal, but offered no further rationale.
A consequence of Viagra's success was that it overturned the widespread view that ED was mostly in the mind.
The belief that God sent his Son agreed with the widespread view that gods could produce human offspring.
But Ms. Merkel is constrained by the widespread view among her voters that Greece does not deserve more help.
And it continued to affirm the widespread view that Missouri, despite some uneven play during the Big 12 Conference season, was much better than a 12th-seeded team.
Other analysts have also begun to see promise in oil sands, despite the widespread view that traditional oil wildcatting is still more profitable.
The widespread view among Congressional Republicans that federal spending will rise significantly in the next budget is causing disquiet among the party's more conservative fiscal hawks.
The first minister sought to counter the widespread view that independence was his project, with the SNP's success heavily reliant on his leadership.
