Our favorite NeverTrumper wasn’t kidding when he said in 2017 that he prefers “the deep state to the Trump state.” Bill Kristol was like a kid on Christmas morning, giddy over yesterday’s raid on the home and office of Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer, and cheering it as a “huge escalation” in the Mueller investigation. Rather than express any skepticism about the shocking move, Kristol insisted, “we are very close to the end game.” You can watch Kristol open his present from Santa Mueller on CNN here.