Bill Kristol walked up to the debate podium prepared to lose the case for electing Mitt Romney, even before his opponent had uttered a single world.
"Every four years, I dutifully accept invitations to debate before Jewish audiences," the Weekly Standard editor told the American Jewish Committee's annual confab in downtown D.C. "It's always a pathetic scene. I have an unmatched record of failures, from 1984 on." He smiled ruefully as the audience laughed.