let's nsider what peggy noonan d to say about sarah palin today.n television interviews s was out of her dep in a shallow pool she was lited er ability to explain and defend her positions. and sometimes in knowing them. she couldn't sayhat she read because she didn't read anything. shwas utterly unconcerned all of this and seemed, in fact, rather proud of it. it was evidence her authenticity perry, with peopleike peggy noonan taking those kind of shots from within the republican tent, how can e find her way back into credible psidel campaigning? >> i think what changed over the last wk is not -- in some ways is not that much. before, a lot ofepublicans like peggy noon who live in washgton, live in new york, didn think sarah palinas qualified t first place. in some sense is is people who alady did not like her very much and a reenforcing that. i do think ihurts her in that u'll need republican strategists, people in washington to help youun for president. she lost credibilityith those people a activists who are more politically invold. she lost cred

joe scarborough discuss this with peggy noonan, columnist for the "wall street journal." >> host: joe scarborough, anchor of the morning cable news show "morning joe" on msnbc, which you cohost. you are a former congressman. you've represented florida's first district in the house from 1995 to 2001. you were elected in 1994 a member of that famous class that one republic control of the house and i think two generations. speaking very long time. >> host: 40, 50 years. before that you were a practicing attorney and schoolteacher. you were a former host of scarborough country. you have a radio show monday through friday ten to noon on i think w. adc and new york. you have a new book called the last best hope published by crown books. i think it's your second book. all right, joe, how do you enter a cable news show from seven to nine, radio show from ten to noon, do the prep both shows require, make speech appearances, help charities, see your family, be a friend and write a book? [laughter] how did you date the date could do that? do you get up at 3 a.m.? >> guest: actually i tell everyb

>> let me ask, congressman hoyer, peggy noonan here -- >> hi, be peggy. >> good morning.ere any sense, congressman privately expressed among democrats in the congress, the house and the senate, that they would have actually quietly preferred it if the president had decided in the past few months to focus solely on the economy, economic bills, economic issues, winning over the public on his economic stand and not introducing a brand-new scheme called health care? is that ever privately expressed? is there any sense of that up there? >> with all due respect, there's no brand-new scheme here on health care. as you know for six decades presidents have been trying to effect health care reform to make sure all americans had access to health care, so this is not new. in fact, peggy, as you know and as i've said, both senator mccain and senator obama throughout last year's campaign talked about the necessity for health care reform so this is nothing new. the overarching objective we have is stabilizing the economy and bringing it back. we inherited the worst economy that we've se

joe scarborough discusses his book with peggy noonan, columnist for "the wall street journal." >> host: joe scarborough, anchor of the morning cable news show "morning joe" on msnbc, which you co-host with mika brzezinski. you are a former congressman. you represented florida's first district in the house from 1995 to 2001. you were effected in 1994 a member of that famous class that one republican control of the house for the first time and i think to generations. >> guest: it was a very long time. >> host: 40, 50 years. before that you were a practicing attorney and schoolteacher. former host of scarborough country. you have a radio show with mika brzezinski monday through friday ten to noon on i think wa d.c. and new york. you have a new book on how -- out called "the last best hope" published by crown books. i think it is your second book. >> guest: it is. >> host: joe, how do you enter a cable show from, all of the prep the required, but speeches, see your family, be a friend and write a book? how did you do that? do you get up at 3 a.m.? >> guest: actually i tell everybody i get

peggy noonan leading the charge. charles krauthammer. >> krauthammer, right. bill: i understand it. that's a legitimate story to cover. >> that's all i'm saying. let me mention the illegitimate part because it's what you suggested. the illegitimate part and it's what liberals do, how they caricature conservatives. they paint them as a bunch of yahoos. so the other group, not peggy noonan, charles krauthammer group, but the other group, they portray as a bunch of yahoos who are easily led by people like you who, if you told them to go out and commit violence, they would do it. this is the argument, anyway. and this is nothing but a caricature of conservatives and it's, you know, it's what you should expect if a liberal activist is writing the story about it. bill: right. but the liberal activist was not identified as such. it was dishonest because in any journalism course, you tell the reared or the viewer who the person is that you are speaking to. everybody thought that guy was a correspondent. his name was on that article. he is the author of this -- nobody ever heard of. they are

peggy noonan leading the charge. charles krauthammer. >> krauthammer, right. bill: i understand it.that's a legitimate story to cover. >> that's all i'm saying. let me mention the illegitimate part because it's what you suggested. the illegitimate part and it's what liberals do, how they caricature conservatives. they paint them as a bunch of yahoos. so the other group, not peggy noonan, charles krauthammer group, but the other group, they portray as a bunch of yahoos who are easily led by people like you who, if you told them to go out and commit violence, they would do it. this is the argument, anyway. and this is nothing but a caricature of conservatives and it's, you know, it's what you should expect if a liberal activist is writing the story about it. bill: right. but the liberal activist was not identified as such. it was dishonest because in any journalism course, you tell the reared or the viewer who the person is that you are speaking to. everybody thought that guy was a correspondent. his name was on that article. he is the author of this -- nobody ever heard of. they are

let's consider what peggy noonan had to say about sarah palin today. interviews she was ou her depth a shallow pool. e was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions. and sometimes in knowg them. she uldn't say what she read because sheidn't read anything. she was utterly unncerned by al of this a seemed, in fact, rather pro of . it wasvince of her authenticity. perry, with people lke peggy noonan taking ose kind of shots from within the republican tent, how can she find her y ba into credible presidential campaigning? >> i think what cnged over the last week is not -- in some is not tat much. before, a lot of repuicans liked peggy than noon, live in washington, live i new york, didn't really ink sarah palin was very qlified in the rst ple. in some nse this is people who ready did not like her very much,re we enforcing that? do think it hurt her in that you'll need republican strategists, people in shington to help you run for president. she lost credibility with the people and activists who are more politically involved. e lostredibili

sidof what you're talking about, and hat is the number ofestablishment republican figues, today peggy noonan, frious at saah palin and saying she' terrible for the republican pary. how does that mpact those folks at the grass rots? and is it aproblem for sara palin? there seemso be this never-ending feud betwe her and the people n the john mccain capaign. inoticesenator mccain hasn't said anyhing. >> and i don't thk you're going to hear him ay anything all -- although i hadheard from one of hs operives he had put out the word tosay st the back-biting the i ink among the rak and file they look atthe recrim inages as kind of a -- recriminatis as kind of a wahington parlr game. but atome point sar palin is going toneed support from hehere's -- eers, mechanics of congress d governors and they payattention to ose kinds of stories d those stoes could make them a guilty gn-shy about supporting he gwen: we're oing to have to continue our own washingn parlor game next wk. i nevethought of i that way t i like it. this is good. i like hose political mysteries. i think we'll do more. our conrsation cont

of what you're talking about, and that is the number of establishment republican figures, today peggy noonan, furious at sarah palin and saying she's terrible for the republican party. how does that impact those folks at the grass roots? and is it a problem for sarah palin? there seems to be this never-ending feud between her and the people on the john mccain campaign. i notice senator mccain hasn't said anything. >> and i don't think you're going to hear him say anything all -- although i had heard from one of his operatives he had put out the word to say stop the back-biting the i think among the rank and file they look at the recrim inages as kind of a -- recriminations as kind of a washington parlor game. but at some point sarah palin is going to need support from her here's -- peers, mechanics of congress and governors and they pay attention to those kinds of stories and those stories could make them a guilty gun-shy about supporting her. gwen: we're going to have to continue our own washington parlor game next week. i never thought of it that way but i like it. this is good. i like tho

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trace: i want to bring up this peggy noonan quotation. she wrote speeches for george h. w. bush.od enough. the media pounced because she was in over her head. >> i tend to agree. i think there is an element of truth to what carl said. at the end of the day, americans took the measure of sarah palin. it is not about intelligence. it is about confidence. she did not inspire confidence that she was ready. trace: look at this. i asked someone come and give me a list of joe biden's gaffes. they could not put it on one card because it was like the. sarah palin that triple the coverage abiding bat. joe biden, a gaffe after gaf -- triple the coverage and joe biden got. joe biden, gaffe after gaffe. >> sarah palin mopped the floor with joe biden. it was only in the media that joe biden won over her. it was said that palin did not have the qualifications to serve as vice president. look at qualifications of the man running for president. they focused on the the mother of her own baby, the clothes she wore. trace: the satellite trucks could not have filled anchorage anymore. it was unbeliev

peggy noonan has que a pie on her. she's everywre on the ver of your magazine. >> she's on the cov of "time" but is making hersf available pretty widely. we thought after r press conference she would disappea and let that statement speak for itself. whether e planned to dothat, doll these interviews or didn't think t statement did all tt well, she sat down with our arch enemy "the new york times," talked to a bunch of people last week. she's not hidi. >> i think patuchanan seems to thinis wouldn't have haened to joe biden. >> it would nothave. are you kidding me? >> if barack omaost, we woul't be obsessed with joe biden. i think allice presidential candidates -- >> yeah, mm-hmm. sure, sure sure. speaking of "the nework times," though, we're also gng to get to the cistory about vice president cheney. licheney will be on toow, by e way, and whether or not he tried to have the cia withhold infortion to congressional intelligenc officials about a secret prram. we have some ieresting insight into that. spoke to a rmer senio

a chief writer, sarah pail -- >> pretty question strong words from peggy noonan. >> well, i think thery on sarah palin is simply this. she made a very difficult choice to give up the governorship, to focus on her family, to focus on other things. i respect that choice, i admire that choice because it's very tough to do. if you feel in your leadership that other things are distracting from your ability to lead -- >> you know the problem, it looks like she quit in the middle of her term? >> that's a wonderful democratic talking point, she made a judgment about whether or not she could continue to be effective in her leadership there, whether or not there were other important things to deal with with her family and her young son that she has to care for. she made a percental and political decision. the people second guessing her that think they know her better than she does, you know, have no understanding or appreciation for what she's going through and why she made that decision. have you to take her at face value, why she made that decision when she did, and then let's wait and see wh

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. >> and peggy noonan on the "wall street journal," she's waiting, knows how to wait.there are excesses in this administration, if there are mistakes she will be there as a democratic alternative. z>> i don't think anyone thinks the clintons have a bigger strategy but reports inside the white house i hear they respect each other' enormously. there is rancur and petiness on both sides. it is small fries when there are big things to do, terrorism, global warming. but she isn't president. >> we have a couple minutes left, i took my son to the all-star game in st. louis this week h a terrific time and i thought baseball did something really great. we have video of it, before the game they had the all-stars among us, people who engaged in community service, giving to other people, they lined up there all the president's taped message and the players descended upon them during the round of applause to shake their hand and pay tribute. as a dad in the stands this is what is wholesome about baseball and easier thanaving to answer my son's question about who is taking steroids

joe scarborough discusses his book with peggy noonan, a which is for "the wall street journal." >> hostgh, anchor of the morning cable news show morning joe on msnbc, which you cohost. you are a former congressman. you represented -- you represented florida's first district in the house from 1995 to 2001. you were elected in 1994, a member of that famous clasp won republican control of the house for the first time in, i think, two generations. >> it was a very long time. >> 40, 50 years. before that you were a practicing attorney and i think a school teacher. >> uh-huh. >> you're a former house of scarborough country you have a radio show on i think wabc in new york. >> right. >> you have a new book out called the last best hope published by crown books. i think it's your second book. >> uh-huh, it is. >> all right. joe, how do you anchor do all the prep for both shows require, make speeches, appearances, help charities, see your family, a friend and write a book? how do you do that? >> i have no idea. >> do you get up at 3:00

peggy noonan, one of the chief speechwriters for ronald reagan, writing in "the wall street journal,"ives republicans a new opportunity to see her plain-to review the bidding, see her strengths, acknowledge her limits and let go of her drama. it is an opportunity they should take. pretty strong woords from peggy noonan. >> the story on sarah palin is simply this -- she made a very difficult choice to give up the the governorship to focus on her family, to focus on other things. i respect that choice. i admire that choice because it's very tough to do. and so, if you feel that in your leadership that other things are distracting from your ability to lead -- >> you don't have a problem that it looks like she quit in the middle of her -- >> no, she didn't. that's a wonderful democrat talking point that she's a quitter. she made a judgment about whether or not she can continue to be effective in her leadership, whether or not there were more important things to deal with her family and her young son she has to care for. she made a personal and political decision. the brain trust here in w

of confrontation between people who say she's it, she's the one, she's the answer, and others, peggy noonan "the wall street journal" over the weekend saying no way. >> it would be interesting to poll everyone in alaska who voted for her to be governor and see what they think of her now and her decision to leave office there. >> not so great. all right. >>> coming up next, tens of thousands of children are injured every year in bathtub accidents. we're going to hear the best ways to protect your family when we come back. eakgrl discover a smoothie like no other! eakgrl new activia smoothies. creamy, delicious, and above all, it contains bifidus regularis and is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. new activia smoothies. ♪ activiaaa! for post party sickness syndrome. cascade all-in-one actionpacs. it has the power to pre-wash... and then rinse the whole mess away. cascade all-in-one actionpacs. for a perfect clean, every time. when morning comes in the middle of the night, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. th

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