Leave us not forget that the eminent Mr. Brooks is a National Review Alumnus, mentored by the Senior Buckley and close friend to the Junior Buckley. In 2006, he actually proposed a new "McCain/Lieberman" party. The Conservative Journalists have been falling away from McCain in a measured and well timed effort--Even Charles Krauthammer, the Conservative Bulldog, never fails to remind us that" Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament", and often mentions that McCain is not.