In Francisco I found a kindred spirit -- child, messer, wise man, party animal.
But I don't think it is wise for parties to extrapolate national virtues from their own prejudices: not for the Conservatives when they tried in opposition and not for Labour now.
If you don't know, the xx won, which was right and delightful, and those of us who love pop made wise dinner-party remarks about Speech Debelle and moved on.
Numbers-wise, the party's heading for trouble.
Rather than viewing him as a relic of the past, Mr. Obama is embracing Mr. Clinton as a party wise man who can reassure both the general public and the well-heeled benefactors needed to win re-election.
Thus a wise pro-market party understands that any strategy is only as good as it is politically sustainable.
With hands up and without inhibition, this was an early nod (at least party wise) to the success of the first Stockholm Love Affair.
If he can't, conversations with party wise men and Wall Street donors suggest a troubling fact for the Garden Stater: Establishment esteem for him runs wide but not particularly deep".
This is what we can expect from young voters in the coming elections, and it would be wise for any party interested in winning to take note of this.
Obama has spent a lifetime creating his persona — superior, wise, above all parties and interests, all-seeing, calm, unflappable.
