McCain surrogate Nancy Pfotenhauer says Kristol has "bought into the Obama campaign's party line."

There's a fascinating little subplot in the McCain campaign right now with McCainiacs of the old school turning on the Palin-Kristol-Schmidt machine. Kristol and the neocons are grooming Palin for 2012. Many of them have already discounted 2008, and are using this campaign as a platform for an even more extreme Republican future.

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