Goldberg is an interesting case. I really like his book "Liberal Fascism". It goes through a century of Progressive thought and really shows that they've always been fascists of the worst sort. The book is a powerful statement.
But after Obama got elected, Goldberg stopped connecting the dots and basically began mumbling, "I wasn't ... you know ... talking about ... Obama ... ahhhhhhh ... fine man ... loves his children ... and ... ummmm ... Donald Trump is ... ummmmmm .... bad."
Goldberg is like George Will, Mark Levin and Kraphammer - THEORETICAL conservatives.
They are GREAT at theorizing the ideal conservative who would never get nominated, let alone elected, and probably doesn’t even exist, but quick to condemn ANYONE who asymptotically approaches the level of perfection.