1) Politico is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Washington Post.
2) Kristol is a long time RINO.
Wrong. Kristol is a pompous, condescending, ignorant RINO. I wish Fox News would flush him.
I'm not sure where you heard that, but it's entirely untrue. Politico is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arbitron Communications, and WaPo (of course) is owned entirely by the Washington Post Company.