Kristol's Long Game

Okay, I think I've figured out what game Bill Kristol's playing by talking up Mike Huckabee. The theory, I think, is that the current GOP contest features a Romney versus McCain matchup and a Romney versus Huckabee matchup. If it ever becomes a McCain-Huckabee head-to-head, then McCain wins. Hence, talking up Huckabee helps McCain, the candidate Kristol wants to help. But, seriously New York Times, this is the problem with taking Kristol on as a columnist. You need to read his work with a decoder ring to try to figure out what's happening.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/01/kristols-long-game/47796/