▼ Author Community Vote 5 days ago William Kristol Why February Could Matter - I wonder if three features ... - — I wonder if three features of the race as it stands today aren't being a bit neglected: — 1. Turnout: The Romney-Gingrich slugfest in Florida appears to have produced slightly fewer than 1.7 million voters in this year's primary. 13 days ago William Kristol Debate Winner: Mitch Daniels - — I've got to think Monday night's debate further swelled the groundswell of support for Mitch Daniels. The liveliest part of the debate was at the beginning, when Mitt went after Newt—and Republicans all over America watched with fascinated horror at the thought that these are the two GOP frontrunners. 20 days ago William Kristol Newt Claims To Be More Electable than Rick . . . - But he is not. — Newt Gingrich has told voters in South Carolina not to vote for Rick Santorum because Santorum can't defeat either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama. In particular, Gingrich made an appeal to conservatives: “If you're a conservative, just look at the polls. 26 days ago William Kristol If Newt Is Perot . . . . . . then Romney should avoid being Bush. - . . . then Romney should avoid being Bush. — Rush Limbaugh compares Newt Gingrich's attacks on Mitt Romney with Ross Perot's destructive assault on George H.W. Bush in 1992. It's a thought-provoking comparison. — But here's one thought provoked by the comparison: Deploring the attacks is not enough. 27 days ago William Kristol Special Editorial: From Bain to Main - — There's a lot of silliness on all sides of the Bain Capital debate. — On the one hand, Newt Gingrich's attacks (and the follow-on assaults by Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry) on Mitt Romney's career at Bain Capital have been unfair, over the top, and, for that matter, all over the place. 30 days ago William Kristol All We Are Saying . . . The establishment usually wins. - The establishment usually wins. That, after all, is what it means to be an establishment. But not always. Three of the last six presidents—Jimmy Carter in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980, and Barack Obama in 2008—ran against their own party's powerbrokers … 69 days ago William Kristol How Palin Will Help McCain - — The new Rasmussen poll for the 2010 Arizona GOP Primary—John McCain 45%, J. D. Hayworth 43%—will generate a fair amount of buzz. But August is a long way away, and I assume that when McCain gets back to Arizona and campaigns, he'll pull it out. 80 days ago William Kristol Obama's Talking Points - — It was too much to hope, I suppose, that Army Chief of Staff George Casey, appearing on the Sunday talk shows, would signal a re-thinking of the regime of political correctness that seems to have penetrated the Army. It was disappointing that he reinforced that regime … 87 days ago William Kristol Why Pelosi May Fail - — Answer: the people. — First of all, the new Rasmussen survey finds 42 percent favoring the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats — down a bit from a week ago. 54 percent of the public is opposed. 23 percent of all voters strongly support … 87 days ago William Kristol Divide and conquer - In today's New York Times ... - — In today's New York Times, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, whistling past the Democratic graveyard that will be tomorrow's election results in his state, finds a glimmer of hope: The “divide between moderate Republicans” and the party's conservatives “is going to be around for a while.”

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