Sidebar: While we're thinking about the meaning of the word "ally" - how about a list of people who quit their full-time job last June to become a full-time volunteer for the Bush team? I'll start it off:
1) Peggy Noonan
Feel free to add names as they come to you...
Probably quite a few volunteers did just that, also at personal sacrifice. They, however, don't have columns in the Wall Street Journal n which they could announce it.
Did she write the speeches for anyone,who brought the house down at the GOP Convention? NO!
Did she make a LOT of hay,going on radio talk show after radio talk show and to pump herself up/pat herself on her back ? YES!
Did she do anything more valuable than those of us here,who also gave our time,money,and effort to get the president re-elected? NO!