Reflections on the Buckley Rule... Journalist Charles Krauthammer has challenged the wisdom of the Christine O’Donnell nomination, in a well-argued, conventional-wisdom-tinted column entitled “The Buckley Rule.” The thesis is simple, and makes sense: WFB’s default candidate selection process for National Review was always to support, in any race, the most conservative candidate who can win. And Bill Buckley was wrong. ...continue reading "And Bill Buckley Was Wrong!" in Illinois Review...