That Kristol, and by extension most of the GOPe, is comfortable anointing a reprobate criminal as President makes him and his cronies criminals by association. In addition to the National Review, The Weekly Standard is headed toward the dustbin of history.
I agree with your assessment. The pundits will sit back after a Hillary Clinton election and rave about her shortcomings and moan that if only the right Republican candidate had been nominated, that the nation wouldn’t be in such a sorry position. I can just see the comment sections under their pundit websites agreeing. As long as the golden goose remains in play with these pundits, there will never be any change in the playing fields. They remind me of ghouls who drive by a bloody accident.