[section9]

Here's the thing. I don't think the Pegster put this column in the Journal on her own. I think she was asked to put it in by Someone Else.

Peggy Noonan raising this issue is huge. She is known as a "loyal" Bushie, loyal to the Bush clan that is.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[CWOJackson]

I was always under a similar impression regarding her relationship. The problem I have with this particular piece is that one trait President Bush has demonstrated consistently is his loyalty to his people...at times almost to a fault.

I could actually see Cheney leaving, but only through his own decision and not as described in this article.

[nopardons]

I usually love your post; however, you are completely wrong about Peggy. She has spent the last five years tearing down President Bush; carping and caviling and trashing him to bits.

[Torie]

I doubt Bush wants to dump Cheney for Condi. If that happened, it would be the kiss of death to Condi. She would become the "incumbent," and that dog won't hunt in 2008. Plus, Bush really is not Machiavelli reincarnated via the Rasputin Rove. The guy is more of the shortest path from A to B is a straight line, type, even if the line crosses some booby traps.

And the ultimate point, is that if Bush were all about doing this, he would not pick a loose cannon such as Noonan to twist the knife. I thing Noonan is freelancing. Reading the tea leaves too closely can be bad for your vision. Keeping some distance, and reading in good light, is the ticket.

[tallhappy]

For some reason a lot of incredibly irrational people hate Peggy Noonan.

[Miss Marple]

No, she ISN'T known as a loyal Bushie, Chris. Wherever did you get that idea? No one asked her to put this in the WSJ, although I am sure she would like you to believe that.

[Graymatter]

Hey, Chris. I'm reading all the flack against her, and then I come to your post. So I'm not crazy after all. Good.
Listen people. Peggy Noonan may be certifiably over the hill, beyond the Beltway and out of the Loop, but what she knows, she knows. Can't you tell, just by reading? Can't you tell?