[jla]

She would have been entirely the wrong kind of speech writer for him. He is blunt and forceful. She is too wispy and allegorical.

Ronald Reagan would've disagreed.

[Mia T]

I agree with RR. There is a place for Peggy. Dubya, for all his tough Texas talk, loves a beautifully turned phrase. His top speechwriter--his name escapes me-- is sometimes rather Noonanesque: He writes beautiful stuff.