A Kristolized Left?

I think Bill Kristol has asked the most necessary question in American politics. And one that too few — left, right, center — have asked. It can be reduced to two words: Now what? Although the headline writers at The Bulwark have chosen three that are just as good: What about Joe?

Kristol asks this for a very good reason. He himself is a leading Never Trump figure. But, unlike so many others, Kristol has recognized that “Trump” can no longer be the defining term of American politics. In effect, Kristol sees what so many people in the mainstream media, among progressive intellectuals, and in the conservative movement have not: Joe Biden is president now. At least until the Iowa caucuses, the major figure in American life that can change the terms of our politics is Joe Biden.