Kristol começa já a preparar a mudança para os Democratas

ou como os ratos abandonam um navio...

"Now that the neocons are adroitly joining the left, as their hero has become a zero and Kerry looks better all the time, why, suddenly, the enemy is Buchananite. Orwell couldn't have done it any better than this.

Here’s an excerpt, glowing with unusual Kristol candor:

Referring to the conservative commentator Patrick J. Buchanan, an outspoken opponent of the war and occupation, Mr. Kristol said in an interview on Friday: "I will take Bush over Kerry, but Kerry over Buchanan or any of the lesser Buchananites on the right. If you read the last few issues of The Weekly Standard, it has as much or more in common with the liberal hawks than with traditional conservatives."

“…"If we have to make common cause with the more hawkish liberals and fight the conservatives, that is fine with me, too," he said.” Via LRCBlog.