Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded. Mostly I'd say what, if anything has caused the change, are just the obvious technological changes - proliferation of easier access to getting your opinions out and the proliferation of media.
William Kristol[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.
William KristolShouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?
William KristolBarack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.
William KristolLeo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought.
William KristolFox gets two million viewers a night, and MSNBC gets one. It's four million people, five million people, and 130 million people are going to vote. There are an awful lot of voters, and an awful lot of politically engaged, intelligent people who are not hanging on whatever happens on Bill O'Reilly or Rachel Maddow.
William Kristol