I was surprised to see Nonnan on the desk. I lost respect for her during the Bush years.
Peggy Noonan became a clinton groupie before Bush2 ever joined the discussion. That was when her contribution started to look pretty lame.
I never really had respect for her as I only started caring about politics since 2000 or so. By that time she was a RINO. I found it funny that people I work for that are Republican actually still thought of her as a conservative bellweather. Hopefully after the tea party and the rise of conservatism they now think differently of her. They read the Wall Street Journal and The Weekly Standard which to me seem more like a RINO mag more than true conservative fare even though it purports to be the conservative standard. maybe it once was but with RINO columists mixed in you have to weight it with a grain of salt.