Good post by Jay Reding with spot-on analysis.
Key point:
"For all the talk about how Rove was 'Bush’s brain' and some evil Svengali-like character, the truth (as always) is far more prosaic: Karl Rove’s skills were in retail-level politics."
The following comment from poster Eracus is priceless:
"The greatest trick Karl Rove ever pulled off was in convincing the chattering class of his political and omnipotent genius, of which Mark’s posting above is just another glittering jewel in the crown of colossal ignorance.
In the simplistic worldview of today’s poorly educated and misinformed, their frustration and unhappiness must be the fault of SOMEONE, and so what better device to complete the liberal narrative than to portray this or that political consultant as some sort of monstrous Svengali.
What drama!! What a story!! The Truth is out!! Everything is explained!! Why, it’s all Karl Rove’s fault!
Red Riding Hood had her Big Bad Wolf, and so the Democrats have had their big, bad Karl Rove. How original! But, of course in either case, it’s still just a fairy tale no matter how willing people are to believe it.
Why examine your own failure and defeat when you can just play the victim of some (gasp!) evil genius. Pathetic."
Rove will take some time off and resurface this fall as a key member of the Rudy Guiliani or Fred Thompson campaign.
UPDATE:
Even as I posted this, Ed Cone reports a rumor from DC that says Rove will go with Romney.
We shall see.
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