He’s about as scornful as I am about unnamed GOP consultants slagging the Paul Ryan choice for VP – and by extension, the candidate.
When “GOP pros” are most full of fear and apprehension about Republican prospects—for example, Reagan in 1980, Gingrich in 1994, and the Tea Party in 2010—Republicans tend to do well. When they’re confident and complacent—for example, at the George H.W. Bush White House in late 1991 or the George W. Bush White House in early 2005—the GOP is heading for a fall.
Continue reading #rsrh I like William Kristol’s take on anonymous GOP whisperers.