In one opinion piece, Noonan expressed her view that Palin did not demonstrate " the tools, the equipment, the knowledge or the philosophical grounding one hopes for, and expects, in a holder of high office, " concluding that Palin's candidacy marked a " vulgarization in American Politics " that is " no good . . . for conservatism . . . [ or ] the country . " Such commentary resulted in a backlash from many conservatives.
