Noonan describes "the hack" as having a "greasy political style." For my money, that describes Rohrabacher to a "t." He is all politician, and oozes the insincere charm of the species.
The fact that he appears to be beholden to the radical muslims would really provide Peggy's motivation to try to detour any DR attempt to use Reagan's death to promote himself in a way that he would appear to be boosted by his association with Reagan. She would want to counter that anti-Isreal, anti-American policy direction.
The quote in 164 is from my post in 158.