Because Kristol hasn't got a clue that what he predicts will really happen.
Pounding his chest saying "look at me".
Bill Kristol said in a column the week BEFORE O'Connor retired that it would be O'Connor, Not Rehnquist, that would retire.
He was right about that, so I bet he is right about Gonzales. It sounds just like something Bush would do. Gonzales was his counsel as Governor of Texas (my state), appointed him as secretary of State of Tx, appointed him as a Texas Supreme Court Justice, brought him to Washington to be his White House Counsel, appointed him as Attorney General of the United States.
President Bush will now put the icing on the cake and nominate him as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Kristol is right, so go ahead and scream, cry and throw a fit now and get it out of your systems. It's gonna happen, sadly. We are going to get screwed one more time, as usual.