Bill Kristol — American Politician born on December 23, 1952,

William Kristol is an American neoconservativepolitical analyst and commentator. He is the founder and editor of the political magazine The Weekly Standard and a political commentator on several networks... (wikipedia)

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.
Since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives of various sorts, and conservatisms of various stripes, have generally been in the ascendancy. And a good thing, too! Conservatives have been right more often than not - and more often than liberals - about most of the important issues of the day.
If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.
All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.