The Wonderful Ms. Noonan

Peggy Noonan has a fantastic WSJ column today:

Washington is more politically segregated. In Washington, Democrats by and large hang out with Democrats, Republicans with Republicans. This is true in consulting, in think tanks, in journals, in Congress. If you work for a Democratic senator, the office is full of Democrats. The people with whom you share inside jokes and the occasional bitter aside are Democrats. The "neighborhood" in which you go to meetings during your long days is Democratic. The same is true for Republicans.

The compilation of Hillary Clinton/Howie Dean quotes is excellent.

Read it all.