Fox News Contributor Bill Kristol: 'I Agree With Harry Reid'

I agree with Harry Reid. I've wanted to say that for three and a half years -- the three and a half years he's been Senate majority leader. I don't think I've ever said that on this set, or anywhere else. But I'm bipartisan kind of guy. . . . The Reid/Kristol position -- if I can call it that -- is that, of course, there are legal rights to use the private party in accordance with the local laws, but . . . the mosque should be built somewhere else.

What do they say about property? Location, location, location. This is about the location. And you know, Governor Paterson, the Democratic governor of New York, about a week ago, offered the builders and Imam Rauf, [saying], 'We will help you find another place that's maybe half a mile away, where you won't raise these questions about your intention -- and you won't offend a lot of people' -- and he was turned down, it appears. So this is not finding a place for worship for Muslims in lower Manhattan, this is making a statement.

And I think a provocative and offensive statement to many Americans -- right at Ground Zero. And that's what I think Harry Reid's comments actually bring out very well. And that is something that President Obama, I think, will have to express an opinion about at some point.