Bill Kristol
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Bill Kristol is a prominent political analyst known for his insights into conservative thought and strategy. This interview reveals his focus on the importance of education in political leadership and the need for a principled approach to governance.
“That was very revealing, I thought. So McConnell apparently at the lunch with the Republican senators, they have lunch every Tuesday, laid out a timetable which sort of presumed a Thanksgiving impeachment and then has the Republican Senate rushing through a trial and trying to acquit, I think, by Christmas.”
“Parties and a reasonable Liberal Party that hasn't gone in the crazy direction to the left. And that's a good thing if you could maintain it, and that's why I've tried to fight the fight for the Republican Party.”
“I mean, I guess I have kind of a conventional view, which obviously could be wrong sometimes, and now everyone spooked because it was wrong in 2000 to some degree in 2016. I mean, I think Trump's a weak incumbent.”
“It certainly didn't happen. For me, the date that I was obvious to me, oh my God, we're just going to have four years of this. It was the day after the inauguration day was bad enough. It was kind of crazy speech.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 124 - Bill Kristol
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