abstract:Mike Noonan is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Indoor Soccer Association and is currently the head coach of the Clemson University men's soccer team.
Former McCain consultant Mike Murphy and conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, were caught on live mikes, but off the air, talking to NBC political director Chuck Todd.
That perception may have been strengthened, in a roundabout way, by the incident in which she and fellow GOP talking head Mike Murphy were caught trash-talking Sarah Palin into an open mic last fall: The backstage Noonan was refreshingly candid about assessing the weakness of the Palin pick.