Rove On McCain: "Very Steep Hill To Climb"

John McCain has a "very steep hill to climb" to win the election, former White House adviser Karl Rove told "Fox News Sunday."

Rove, nicknamed "The Architect" for his role in helping President Bush win the last two elections, gave a sober assessment of McCain's chances, explaining that Barack Obama is ahead with 317 electoral votes, according to his own electoral map.

Rove forecast that Virginia, Colorado, Indiana and Ohio would go Obama's way and that McCain has to win back those states and dominate the remaining battleground states to have any chance of winning:

In order to -- in order for McCain to win, he's got a very steep hill to climb. He's got to win all of the toss-up states, 64 electoral votes, all the yellow-shaded states on the map.

Then he needs to strip away Ohio and Indiana with 31 electoral votes to get him to 252. And then he needs to either win Colorado and Virginia, which gets him to 274, or win one of them plus Pennsylvania, which would get him to 282 or 286. It's a steep uphill climb.

Rove also commented on recent reports about infighting within the McCain campaign:

It is a sign of undisciplined people who do not have the loyalty that they ought to have to the candidate whom they're serving. And it's -- it's a sad sight to see. Nobody makes themselves look good by this process..

Comments

[bongogirl]

Rove failed to mention that McCan't employed his tactics (FEAR, HATRED, RACISM, AND DISTORTIONS ) throughout this campaign; and that he himself is partially responsible for the demise of the republicans. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

[old lady]

Karl may or may not go down in history, but he sure is going down in this election

[terkid]

Well, Mr. Rove, with the big, fat hole you into which you've helped your
darling Repugnicans dig themselves, it's no small wonder they've got
a "very big hill to climb!"

But, allow me to thank you Mr. Rove and Ms. Palin for the inevitable victory
you've handed to the man who would be and SHOULD be President...
Barack Obama!

We could never have done it without you.

[bioluminescence]

Karl Rove the man is not nearly as scary as the idea of Karl Rove. Here's a man not elected by anyone who's been at the very centre of decision-making in arguably the most important government in the world. He never had to hold a Bible in one hand and swear allegiance to anything. And like another key contract employee on the payroll of this Administration, Halliburton, he operated outside the reach of typical Congressional scrutiny. Perhaps a fitting legacy for Karl Rove would be legislation drafted in his honor requiring more public scrutiny of the future Karl Roves and Halliburtons. If we had reviewed the section of his resume in the box marked "profession" and seen the word "sorcerer" then maybe we could have cut short his career.

[MightyAfrodite]

Thanks, Rover, but if its all the same to you, we'll just keep working until the election is over. :rolleyes:

[Evisionary]

Wow Rove at witts end! Cool...Let's still make him testify!

[bellabeach]

We owe it all to you Karl....many, many thanks! Go away, go far, far away....try doing something for humanity and not evil deeds!!! You and George W, could open a car dealership together in Texas! lol

[Vinca]

bellabeach: WE COULD BUILD A SPECIAL PRISON < FOR CARL AN BUSH< WE COULD EVEN ALLOW THEM A TV

[repugnicansfearme]

Enough with this picture already. Please take it down. McCain is scaring the kids. Halloween is just around the corner and they think he is CREEPY.

[Vermontah]

That's what my kid says too every time McAwful pops up on TV.

[USMC1980]

When even Karl Rove is sating it's over for a Republican...IT'S OVER:)

[DebbieinPhx]

Why.isn't.­he.in.J-A-­I-L????

[hyjanks]

Because he's hoping that the NYT will read his resume and put him in the Opinion section to replace Billy Kristol.

[LAThinker]

Whatever Rove said or not it is up to us

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[PT6]

ROVE makes a lot of what IFs!

IF only he would stand in front of CONGRESS and testify! Why Hasn't HE?

Do not trust anything he says!

GET OUT AND VOTE FOR OBAMA!

[T Pol]

AAAAAAAMEN! The King of Misinformation, Karl Rove, would LOVE us to believe it's all a shoe-in for Obama. He is sowing the seeds of complacency, about the only seeds the McCain/Palin ticket have left, besides some more fear-mongering.

[sandistorms]

Exactly. Remember his Dem Primary map favored Hillary. They thought Hillary would be very easy to beat. I don't trust this man. He just wants to rile up the base but unfortunately he that's all they have and it's too late. I just heard someone say this is ridiculous because the Repubs had FOUR months before the Dem nominee was named.

[PT6]

"FOX EM" loves the Palin "IMAGE" just like they love ROVE who they employ!

ROVE works for "FOX EM", refuses Congressional subpoena to testify, and the very FABRIC of his Living is twisting the TRUTH!

Palin is a more visually attractive version of ROVE, so look out for your job ROVE!

Her choice of FABRIC is similar to ROVE, but she clearly also likes SILK and Leather also!

[Cram1]

Has there been any update about the Obama TV spot on the 29th? All I have heard thus far is that it will a "show", not just a speech. Was hoping to find more details, but nothing much is posted out there.

[GaBu]

Lets see what the DMs at the other thread are up to.

[SupremeIdiot]

What's a GaBu and does it involve smegma?

[eMJayy]

LOL...nasty but effective