I haven't been reading all of your exchanges on the Noonan article, but if I could just give my 2 cents.....I've always liked her okay, but that article just seemed petty and showed a hint of jealously on her part, imo, for not being involved in the speech. And, I agree with you about giving ammo to the dems. It just seemed spiteful to me.
She was all right - not great - in my book. And then early Jan she wrote a pep piece for the democrats http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006120. And of course later, her Way Too Much God hit piece on the Inauguration speech which you are familiar with. That said, this is the President's night - not a night to speak of Nonoon whom I suspect is one of the Beast's new writers.