Opinion Journal - Four Presidents and a Funeral - Peggy Noonan

Nice piece in which, Peggy Noonan touts as an example of "free speech," vs. the Ink-quisition over the cartoons.

Her description of the Clintons brought me back to a previous post from the other day regarding Senator Clinton. The Peggy Noonan describes the "new" Clintons and part of her perceived moderational slide to the center.

'"The real news was how the Clintons used the funeral to unveil how they will run in 2008: Together, side by side, with beautiful hairdos. I haven't seen them like this--both standing at the podium--since 1992, when they were new. In the years since, after the health-care failure and the Whitewater scandals, the West Wing attitude toward the president's wife was a quiet and respectful "Get that woman off the podium!" Not anymore. All is new again. Mrs. Clinton has clearly been working on her public speaking, and attempted to use her hands as her husband uses his, now in an emphasizing arc, now resting on her chest. But his are large, long and elegant, and hers are puffed and grasping."'