Peggy Noonan coming up on C-Span's Washington Journal

[cali]

Could be mildly entertaining.

[Captain Hilts]

1. She's got shit for brains.

I don't often make declarative statements like that about someone - and her "What I Saw at the Revolution" IS an interesting read. But, she's got shit for brains. It makes me wonder what she's on.

[demokatgurrl]

2. Why all of a sudden is Peggy Noonan

all over the place? Who give a fig about her? Is she planning to run for something?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Seems she is one of the last of the "Reaganites"

left trying to salvage something out of the complete destruction of the repuke party. Even Get-rich has drunk the poisoned kool-aid with his promotion of people (Mooselini) and activities that are at the antithesis of Reagan.

[H2O Man]

7. Right.

She is representative of the republicans who are angry that the selection of Sarah Palin is a terrible choice, which will cause the McCain ticket to sink republicans in congressional campaigns.

[Imagevision]

4. Noonan did fine with the Palin open mic incident...

[H2O Man]

5. Interesting.

Never cared for her, but it seems evident she has little respect for John McCain.

Thanks for the heads up.

[spanone]

6. i find her disgusting, not entertaining

[npincus]

8. She was fantastic on MTP:

Say what you will about her- and I do, too, but here is what she said (empahtically):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/noonan-says-palins-type-o_n_132003.html

Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, conservative columnist Peggy Noonan said that the "populist" tactics being deployed by Sarah Palin was "not helpful to the country" and painted her candidacy as built on class warfare.

"She is a natural," said Noonan, "But I will tell you, I feel increased concern about... what she thinks of as populism, as her populist approach. There are two ways, you know, her stuff about, 'I'm main street, you are the elite, I'm Joe six-pack.' She actually says 'I'm the Joe six-pack candidate.' This has me thinking, gosh, would Lincoln say 'I represent the backwoods type?' Would FDR say, 'the New York aristocracy deserves another moment in the sun, vote for me?' There's something weird about it. But there is also something, for me, concerning. Populism as a tactic is justified often in politics. 'I need this program, the people want it.' Populism as a strategy, 'we're the good guys, you're the bad guys,' is not good. And if that's the road they are going, that's not a good road to be on. It is not helpful to the country."

Noonan has been skittish about Palin's candidacy from the get-go, though not always publicly demonstrative about her concerns. She was caught, off camera, calling the vice presidential pick as cynical. But she has also, on occasion, praised Palin for energizing the Republican base and for her debate performance.

On Sunday, Noonan expanded on those compliments, arguing that Palin did an effective job on Thursday night but one that amounted to a political infomercial.