Peggy Delicately Clarifies

You heard Peggy 'kinder, gentler nation' Noonan seemingly call Gramp's campaign 'Over' (below).

Today, she attempts to re-arrange the egg on her face

In our off-air conversation, I got on the subject of the leaders of the Republican party assuming, now, that whatever the base of the Republican party thinks is what America thinks. I made the case that this is no longer true ... And when I said, "It's over!" -- and I said it more than once -- that is what I was referring to ...

However, I did say two things that I haven't said in public, either in speaking or in my writing. One is a vulgar epithet that I wish I could blame on the mood of the moment but cannot ... But, bottom line, I am certainly sorry I blurted my barnyard ephithet, I am certainly sorry that someone abused my meaning in the use of the words, "It's over," and I'm sorry I didn't have the Kay Bailey Hutchison thought before this morning, because I could have written of it. There. Now: onto today's column....

Of course, the fact that the days of the Republican base representing what America thinks are "over" does mean that the McCain Campaign is also "Over".

And she doesn't really deny anything that she said.