Kristol doesn't have a leg to stand on here. He has a long, long, looooong history of actively opposing the very agenda he's now suggesting may be the "right" post-Trump move
Bill Kristol: Maybe Republicans should nominate someone with a 'radical constitutional agenda' next time
Bill Kristol is pretty sure Trump is going to lose. He's been working hard to make that happen and he might be right but, as he admits, there's a solid chance that he's wrong, too. However, he's devoting his time not to stopping Hillary, but instead to preparing for a post-Trump GOP.
Should Trump go down in flames, how will the party deal with the populist leanings of its most recent failed candidate. That was the question Kristol answered in this week's Weekly Standard podcast - a recording that's startling in its lack of introspection.
Kristol appears to think that Trump is just another shade of George W. Bush, and he worries that the party will make a mistake by embracing Trump's populism.