Peggy Noonan throws down the Godfather analogies

Interesting take on the situation from Peggy Noonan:

[McCain]'s like Moe Greene in "The Godfather," when Michael Corleone tells him he's going to buy him out. "Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene. I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders." I've been on the firing line, punk. I am the voice of surviving conservatism.

This doesn't always go over so well. Mr. Giuliani seems to know Mr. McCain is Moe Greene. Mr. Huckabee probably thought "The Godfather" was kinda violent. Mr. Romney may be thinking to himself, But Michael Corleone won in the end, and had better suits.

Had she been reading JYB, of course, Peggy Noonan would know Huckabee is a big fan of The Godfather. And Sun Tzu.

Photoshop by Edward Cropper.

Actually, I think what's going on now is more like the end of Casino, where the hotheaded, combative maverick Nicky Santoro has gotten too big for his britches and thinks he can run the show without the permission of those old-school heartland capos, who have now called him out into a cornfield for a "meeting"...

L to R: Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity articulate their differences with Sen. McCain.

Meanwhile, the old-country dons are warming up to Ace, the numbers guy. Not only is he a sharp dresser, he's a proven earner, a competent manager, and he'll keep the heat off.