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William (Bill) Kristol is the neo-conservative editor and publisher of the political magazine The Weekly Standard. He is the chairman and co-founder of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC).

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How Palin Will Help McCain

Still, who could help McCain beat back a populist conservative challenger? Sarah Palin. I predict that Palin will come to Arizona next summer to campaign for McCain, will make an impassioned case for him, and will help him win. She will thereby repay ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John McCain,  Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party

Can Reid Protect Holder—and KSM?

One of several e-mails Iâve received on the KSM trial: âI'm an attorney and a former civilian and military prosecutor. Congress can indeed remove jurisdiction for Article III courts to try this case or any other terrorism case. I think Republicans ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  Harry Reid

Kristol: Will Obama Overrule Holder?

At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning, Sen. John Cornyn asked Attorney General Eric Holder about the decision he announced Friday to try some detainees, including the 9/11 plotters, in Article III courts: "Does the president agree with ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  John Cornyn,  Eric Holder

"Truly the trial of the century"

Attorney General Eric Holder said yesterday that the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court in New York will be "truly the trial of the century." It's unbelievable that the attorney general would use that phrase in the course of justifying ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Eric Holder,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  Washington Post Company,  F. Lee Bailey

"America’s first Pacific President?”

His basis for that claim seems to be that he was born in Hawaii, lived in Indonesia as a boy, and, âwhen I was a young boy, my mother brought me to Kamakura, where I looked up at that centuries-old symbol of peace and tranquility -- the great bronze ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Dan Quayle,  William Howard Taft,  George H. W. Bush

Right to be Angry

Major Keller is angry, and heâs right to be: âBut as angry as I am at what happened, I'm even angrier that it was allowed to happen. Apparently, there was no shortage of warning signs that this guy identified himself more with Islamic Jihadists than he ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kristol: Is The Bush Hangover Over?

There's a very interesting Rasmussen poll out today: 49 percent of Americans now blame George W. Bush for our economic troubles, 45 percent blame President Obama. For the last several months, that number has hovered roughly at 55 percent blaming Bush, 3 ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

Kristol: Why Pelosi May Fail

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 ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Nancy Pelosi,  Bill Owens

Kristol: Breaking News: Pelosi Tries to Lead Democrats off a Cliff

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to release the text of the Democratic health care proposal tomorrow, with the hope of bringing it to the floor as early as next Friday. Pelosi will claim that the Congressional Budget Office has scored the ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi,  Congressional Budget Office,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

GOP Say: Get Down to Business!

Take a look at todayâs press release from House Republican leader John Boehner. It mocks the Houseâs lax work schedule, and chides the Democrats for wasting everyoneâs time with âmeaningless resolutions.â One such, according to Boehner, is H. Res. 784, ...

From WILLIAM KRISTOL, The Weekly Standard,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  John Boehner

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