Truly Barking Mad...

The title is a quote from Peggy Noonan's latest column, in which she explores one of my favorite ponders: the apparent fact that to desire national office in the U.S., one must have a certain kind of mental illness.  I've often noted that the people I'd truly like to see in office have absolutely no interest in running, and vice versa.  Ms. Noonan's conclusion shows she's on the same wavelength:

The shallowness, the lack of seriousness of modern presidential candidates is almost unbelievable. It is also a mystery: How could this be? If today a candidate told me he was not crazy, I will go with it, for it would be news.

Read the whole thing.

P.S.  Ms. Noonan appears to be back from whatever intellectual journey she's been on for the past 18 months or so, as she kinda-sorta supported Obama.  Welcome back, Peggy.  We hope you stick around a while; we've missed your scribblings...