It's better for the country when each party looks like it stands for something serious, for some big things, but they're not narrow and they're not bought.
Peggy NoonanSpeeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.
Peggy NoonanThe biggest political change in my lifetime is that Americans no longer assume that their children will have it better than they did. This is a huge break with the past, with assumptions and traditions that shaped us.
Peggy Noonan