According to Kristol , Deputy Editor John Podhoretz turned down Tucker Carlson 's Norquist proposal because he didn 't want the magazine to be seen as carrying on a vendetta against Gingrich .
Deputy Editor John Podhoretz turned down Tucker Carlson 's Norquist proposal , because according to Kristol , he didn 't want the magazine to be seen as carrying on a vendetta against Gingrich .