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Party of One
WSJ ^ | 09/26/08 | PEGGY NOONAN

Posted on 09/27/2008 6:51:46 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Party of One

McCain and Obama would both benefit by explaining their political philosophies.

By PEGGY NOONAN

The impetuous young man threw the long ball, suspending his campaign and flying to Washington to save the day. The more measured and less excitable older man said easy does it, let's unite and issue a statement together. The young man seemed decisive if tightly wound, the older man unruffled, if cloudier in his remarks.

Wait, I have it wrong, it's the older man who was dramatic and impetuous, the younger man who was deliberative and temperate!

What a week, with all categories upside-down and out the window.

How does the McCain gambit play out? Nothing wrong with his decision: We are in a crisis, why not return to Washington and try to help? But it's also true that in moving unilaterally, and claiming at the same time he was just trying to make things less tackily political, he made things more political, or rather more partisan.

Was it too cute? I don't know. Not sure at the end of the day it will matter. But cute isn't precisely what a great nation needs in a moment of crisis. Bipartisan spirit would be more reassuring.

John McCain's camp is playing a tough, hard, daring game. More Peggy Noonan

Read Peggy Noonan's previous columns and find out how to order her best-selling books.

Those who thought exhausted Republicans were out of strategy, and would not be hungry and resourceful, were wrong. You can see this in the sudden suspension of the campaign, but you can also see it in Mr. McCain's embrace of an attitudinal populism. He is now, with Sarah Palin holding down his right flank, kicking away from a party whose brand has been dragged into the mud.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; mccain; noonan; obama; partyaffiliation
Since neither ruling nor opposition party is popular, I don't see both candidates ditching 'Party of One' perception. On the contrary, they will push that image further.
1 posted on 09/27/2008 6:51:46 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Wait, I have it wrong, it's the older man who was dramatic and impetuous, the younger man who was deliberative and temperate!

When you have the President saying there is a crisis maybe one isn't being dramatic by putting politics aside and doing his job as a senator.

2 posted on 09/27/2008 6:56:18 PM PDT by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
I don't think the Beltway insiders get it; just like the Obama campaign, they resent the idea that an actual crisis in the real world interfered with the inside-the-bubble election campaign world.

And Senator McCain suspended his campaign long enough to force action - whether it was his idea or some House Republican. Good for him. Hopefully we will end up with some kind of bill that conservatives can live with, if not endorse with enthusiasm.

This also clearly illustrates why Senators don't get elected President very often. Sometimes the real world requires actual action instead of preening and posturing, and that's not good for a back-bencher professional nuisance.

3 posted on 09/27/2008 6:58:30 PM PDT by Bernard (If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

So is this Peggy Noonan the Conservative or Peggy Noonan the “I’ve been inside the beltway too long.”?


4 posted on 09/27/2008 7:00:11 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (`Pontius Pilate voted "Present")
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To: stocksthatgoup

Peggy is becoming tiresome. She had her 15 minutes. Now, she needs to go away and leave people alone.


5 posted on 09/27/2008 7:01:34 PM PDT by hampdenkid
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To: TigerLikesRooster

No thanks. Peggy Noonan has lost all credibility.


6 posted on 09/27/2008 7:03:22 PM PDT by G.Love (FREE LAZ)
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To: stocksthatgoup

Was she ever considered a conservative ?


7 posted on 09/27/2008 7:04:09 PM PDT by stockpirate (If Obama wins our right to free speech will only be perserved by our right to keep and bear arms.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

blah blah blah peggy,stick a sock in it.


8 posted on 09/27/2008 7:05:50 PM PDT by linn37 (Hail Me, Obama or be cast into the fiery pits of eternal damnation!")
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To: stocksthatgoup

Ir’a the Peggy Noonan who needs HRT (hormone replacement therapy.) I’ve been feeling like Peggy’s been in the throes of menopause for the past year (and I’m allowed to make that judgment as a fellow mental-pauser.)


9 posted on 09/27/2008 7:07:13 PM PDT by Dawn531
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To: stockpirate
She is more like ‘George Herbert Walk Bush’ crowd.
10 posted on 09/27/2008 7:07:46 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: Dawn531

She’s starting to be as annoying as the Peggy on King of the Hill.


11 posted on 09/27/2008 7:11:53 PM PDT by SaintDismas
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To: stocksthatgoup

Peggy’s been in Manhattan too long. Inside the Beltway you can find a conservative here and there. Manhattan has great restaurants, Broadway, good clubs, great museums no conservatives, except P J O Rourke.And Peggy must have gotten tired of the white suits and fedoras.


12 posted on 09/27/2008 7:13:50 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (Freedom is purchased not with gold, but with steel.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

She’s one of the new additions to morning Joe. If I were McCain I’d take no advice from this has been.


13 posted on 09/27/2008 7:48:28 PM PDT by mimaw
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Dear Peggy.

I am tired of all your double talk.

Take a valium, go home and get some sleep.

14 posted on 09/27/2008 7:55:50 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (http://www.theobamafile.com/))
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To: TigerLikesRooster

There is something about Peggy Noonan that really annoys me. I won’t read her stuff anymore.


15 posted on 09/28/2008 3:16:57 AM PDT by AdaGray (uw)
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To: AdaGray
I think her brain jammed. Somebody should unjam it.:-)
16 posted on 09/28/2008 3:20:27 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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