To echo “Cellec” (#8), Noonan is part of the problem. She’s fine as a priestess of The Church of What’s Happening Now — describing present reality. But as a prophetess, she stinks. Remember in late 2004 when she told conservatives to cooperate with Arlen Specter’s nomination to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee? How’d THAT work out? She’s been dumping on Palin since last fall, yet Palin continues to connect with the party base.

Noonan can write eloquently about the obvious. She should be listed on IMDB as a “David Gergen” type: useful if you need a token RINO on your liberal talk show. The “design margin” for her type has vanished.