If Romney explains why where we are with Obama is unacceptable, why whither we are tending is even worse – and why his own alternative path forward is superior – then we trust the American people to make the right choice in November. Bill Kristol Read Quote
Romney has to convince the American public that they need to do something they’re not usually inclined to do – replace a sitting president with a challenger. And unlike in 1980 and 1992, when the public was persuaded to do just that, the incumbent president has not been weakened by a primary opponent. Bill Kristol Read Quote
The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat. Bill Kristol Read Quote
While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed – and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president. Bill Kristol Read Quote
If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit. Bill Kristol Read Quote
I’m choosing not to accept the Trumpification of the GOP as an irreversible fact. Bill Kristol Read Quote
Shouldn’t Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership? Bill Kristol Read Quote
Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we’re fighting a war on terror. Bill Kristol Read Quote
