Clearly Nordlinger was impressed by Pete Wilson, a name we rarely hear in the present tense today. Read what Nordlinger wrote in his National Review Online column about Wilson:
Impressive. In everything he does, he projects intelligence and decency. Would have made a good president, I believe. Would make one now. One could do worse, and is . . .
That was cute how Nordlinger turned praise for Wilson into a dig at Obama. I expect had Wilson been elected president his term(s) would have resembled that of Bush 41. Both were very experienced in government, neither was particularly an ideologue.
