Michael Brendan Dougherty seems to suffer from multiple personality disorder. One week he writes something worth reading (such as this article). The next week he writes like the typical NeverTrump GOP establishmentarian. Perhaps it depends on how much the editors at the Atlantic twist his arm and how much leeway they want to give their token “conservative.”
Dougherty agrees with a lot of the positions Donald Trump has taken, but he didn't trust Trump to be up to the job. He was also convinced Trump would lose by a large margin. He wasn't alone in any of that. Dougherty hasn't written for the Atlantic for several years.