Peggy Noonan has opined on Obama's bid for the presidency saying he hasn't the experience to run the country. That he is unburdened by hard work or accomplishment, which is to say that working in State government is somehow a bucolic lark (strange rhetoric indeed from a Reaganite). Implicit is that his accomplishments in the State legislature somehow don't count on the national stage. Where she really misses the boat methinks is when she says he does not have an issue.
Anyone who heard his speech at the Democratic convention knows his issue, the divisiveness of todays politics. He brings an even handedness that has even seized the imaginations of some conservatives like David Brooks. The polarization of the body politic is his issue and it is the ideologues wrapped in their bare knuckle infighting that are blind to it.
Noonan claims he stands for nothing, but notes he gets a 100% rating from liberal groups, an interesting trick. In fact he stood against the Iraq war at a time when few in either party were willing to. In her heart I believe what Noonan fears most is that Obama is the mirror image of Ronald Reagan who will advance liberal ideas with charisma and charm. The reality is that Obama is worse than she fears, because he is both more capable and thoughtful than Reagan.
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