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.
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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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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.
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.
So is this Peggy Noonan the Conservative or Peggy Noonan the “I’ve been inside the beltway too long.”?
Peggy is becoming tiresome. She had her 15 minutes. Now, she needs to go away and leave people alone.
No thanks. Peggy Noonan has lost all credibility.
Was she ever considered a conservative ?
blah blah blah peggy,stick a sock in it.
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.)
She’s starting to be as annoying as the Peggy on King of the Hill.
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.
She’s one of the new additions to morning Joe. If I were McCain I’d take no advice from this has been.
I am tired of all your double talk.
Take a valium, go home and get some sleep.
There is something about Peggy Noonan that really annoys me. I won’t read her stuff anymore.
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