Kristol has never jumped on the Romney bandwagon. He’s been pushing other candidates the whole time. Kristol never said Romney had it wrapped up or anything and kept mentioning how things were still wide open. Kristol wrote a piece this morning giving credit to Sarah Palin for giving Newt her approval and the impact it had in SC, down by 12 before she said it, wins by 12 after she said it.
the other two you mention yes, but Kristol is no shill for Romney.
Kristol is the best political analyst FoxNews has, and I think he held back because he understands the conservative movement better than anybody else at Fox, and had a feeling what seems to be happening to Romney’s candidacy could and would happen.
That said, at least one person in the FoxNews Family had to refrain from shilling for Romney.