Peggy's Predicament

A reader nails it:

Peggy Noonan's biggest problem is that she's not a Republican anymore but she doesn't want to admit it. Like you, Bruce Bartlett, Chris Buckley and myself, she's a conservative - but unlike "us" she is unwilling to completely disengage from the party itself and recognize that it no longer represents true conservative values.  But she's too smart to simply regurgitate GOP talking points, so she ends up talking herself into circles. 

I think that's about right. But she does at least acknowledge the GOP's bankruptcy and extremism. Which is something,