It’s just John Anderson all over again.
Reagan beat Carter AND Anderson, Trump wins a three-way easy.
Agreed, any handwringing about Kristol finding a third party spoiler candidate is premature. One thing is that this “spoiler”could actually help Trump, like John Anderson helped Reagan more than he hurt him in 1980. Anderson received his support primarily from liberal Republicans who likely would have voted for Carter.
So until at such time as Kristol ever finds a sucker to run as a third party spoiler candidate, I will view this all as just entertainment and Kristol trying to remain relevant.