Peggy Noonan
PEGGY NOONAN:: America’s Crisis of Character – WSJ
By MB Snow at April 20, 2012 | 12:55 am
People in politics talk about the right track/wrong track numbers as an indicator of public mood. This week Gallup had a poll showing only 24% of Americans feel we're on the right track as a nation. That's a historic low. Political professionals tend, understandably, to think it's all about the economy—unemployment, foreclosures, we're going in the wrong direction. I've ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: It’s Over. What Have We Learned? – WSJ
By MB Snow at April 12, 2012 | 5:27 pm
So what have we learned? The GOP presidential contest of 2012 is over. Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee. What do we know now that we didn't know in 2011, when the campaign began? Or what do we know that we already knew, but now we've been reminded? We learned that primogeniture is still a force in the GOP. The next king is the firstborn son of the current ... Go To Article
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NOONAN:: Oh, for Some Kennedyesque Grace – WSJ
By MB Snow at April 6, 2012 | 12:35 am
By PEGGY NOONAN, DECLARATIONS April 5, 2012, WSJ Obama makes his campaign strategy clear. It's divide and conquer. These are things we know after President Obama's speech Tuesday, in Washington, to a luncheon sponsored by the Associated Press: The coming election fully occupies his mind. It is his subject matter now, and will be that of his administration. ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN: Not-So-Smooth Operator – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 30, 2012 | 12:55 am
By PEGGY NOONAN, DECLARATIONS March 29, 2012, WSJ Something's happening to President Obama's relationship with those who are inclined not to like his policies. They are now inclined not to like him. His supporters would say, "Nothing new there," but actually I think there is. I'm referring to the broad, stable, nonradical, non-birther right. Among them the level of ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: Kvetch A Sketch – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 23, 2012 | 12:52 am
Let's be grouchy. The White House is ripe to be taken, and Republicans seem stalled, weirdly becalmed. Their great primary struggle has imparted no feeling of dynamism, of forward motion, of a clash that yields clarity. When you think of the debates the past six months, you see a line of seals barking, Ahrk ahrk! Mitt Romney is most frustrating. He always keeps you ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: America’s Real War on Women – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 16, 2012 | 12:59 am
There is a war against women. It is something comparatively new in our national life, and we have to start noticing it. It is not a "Republican war on women." It has nothing to do with White House attempts to paint conservative efforts to protect religious liberty as a war against women's rights to contraceptives. That is a mischievous fiction, and the president's ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: We’re More Than Political Animals – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 2, 2012 | 12:50 am
The conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, who died Thursday, was a piece of work—bombastic, sensitive, angry, deeply generous, full of laughter. Spirited, too, like some kind of crazy knight. He was a battler and a warrior and he was brave and he made mistakes. He was a warm-blooded animal, not a cold one, and I suppose the thing that wounded him most was the thing ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: Obama, Above the Fray for Now – WSJ
By MB Snow at February 24, 2012 | 12:50 am
Obama supporters are beginning to feel more confident, or at least less embarrassed. A year ago, even three months ago, they were thinking: What a confounding, confusing loser this man is. They didn't bother defending him never mind advancing him. But now they're starting to get friskier. They believe there's a new lay to the land: The economy is coming back, at least for ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: How Honest Is ‘Honest Abe’? – WSJ
By MB Snow at February 17, 2012 | 12:40 am
A man's voice, urgent: "America is in crisis. It feels like we're coming apart." Shots from a hand-held camera—blurry, indistinct. Angry citizens, protests. Closeup on a bearded young man, his face distorted by rage. "We face unprecedented challenges." Cuts of lonely farms, small houses with for-sale signs. A little girl with pleading eyes. "Is this any ... Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: Low Turnout and the Big Tune-Out – WSJ
By MB Snow at February 10, 2012 | 12:30 am
The Romney campaign is better at dismantling than mantling. They're better at taking opponents apart than building a compelling candidate of their own. They do not seem capable of deepening his meaning, making his stands and statements more textured and interesting. He comes across like a businessman who studied the data and came up with the formula that will make the ... Go To Article
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