Karl Rove Weighs In On 2010 Election Season

McClatchy:

RALEIGH -- Karl Rove, former President George W. Bush's chief political strategist, was in Raleigh on Thursday night to attend a fundraiser for Sen. Richard Burr.

Rove, who now is an analyst for Fox News and other news outlets, sat down with The News & Observer to talk about politics before the event.

Read the whole story: McClatchy

Comments

[Truth Wins]

01:19 PM on 01/31/2010

Positive agenda and ideas.... yes, Karl, that's exactly what's missing from Republicans. And I don't think we see that from them anytime soon.

[humanbeing-rick]

11:11 AM on 01/31/2010

Karl Rove is a great strategist, it is too bad that he could not put it to use in a good way.
He has significantly influenced this nation's government for decades to come, it will be difficult to unwind much of it. However, he has permanently alienated himself from anyone from the center to the left of the political spectrum. He has closed the door and burned his bridges to half of the nation.

Regarding his proposal, "Let's create a tax credit" - typical. What can you expect. So sad.

[Whinger]

10:25 AM on 01/31/2010

Been reading the tea leaves again, little man?

[BambooHarvester]

10:12 AM on 01/31/2010

P
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[RTWINGER]

10:11 AM on 01/31/2010

God Bless you Karl,,

Your a great American Hero !
Keep up the good work !

[lmab]

09:50 AM on 01/31/2010

Should Rove be in prison? Magic Eight Ball says "yes definitely".

[Guscat]

07:51 AM on 01/31/2010

There are some good political prognosticators and Rove is not one of them. I would imagine he was paid to attend the Burr event.

[GreatTruthsSeeker]

06:15 AM on 01/31/2010

They simply want to raise money and hone their voodoo. Their voodoo doesnt work on people that hold the truth as an important personal value and understand basic logic.

There is a quick silly little game rooted in Athropomorphism (attributing human characteristics to non-human creatures) that can perhaps alleviate some of the stressors that some of us feel when faced with the fact that in our world ignorance is not bliss, it’s propagated and quite malignant.

It’s called find the reasonable facsimile thereof of your wingnut of the day (or hour, minute, etc.)

Here is your guide, sixty amazing critter images by Igor Iwanowicz:

http://acidcow.com/pics/4370-amazing-insect-images-by-igor-iwanowicz-60-pics.html

Gee, it seems as if the ICC at the Hague has a competition for trials.

http://www.icc-trialcompetition.org/cms/

Who will win the competition?

[GreatTruthsSeeker]

08:01 AM on 01/31/2010

If you want to, please feel free to cut and paste this to an email to your friends. Perhaps they can buy extra ink for their pens and have happy fingers on their keyboard too.

[tompoe]

05:33 AM on 01/31/2010

Rove is a war criminal. Since when do real Americans want to read about war criminals and their thoughts?

[brennaman3]

09:03 PM on 01/31/2010

tompoe.... Please explain to everybody, using some factual information, how Karl Rove is a war criminal.

[gschear]

01:22 AM on 01/31/2010

Is he using the same crystal ball that he saw a permanent Republican majority in?

[ClassicalGas]

04:45 AM on 01/31/2010

LOL So you remember that too. I've sent that info out to a number of memory-impaired friends.

[Phxflyer]

10:09 PM on 01/30/2010

Why anyone would listen to a person proven to be wrong on every issue is beyond me.

[macchugsid]

10:25 PM on 01/30/2010

Kind of like Bill Kristol, mister wrong but, still they let him talk and talk and talk................

[blogisti]

09:58 PM on 01/30/2010

Rove wants to apply Conservative principles to peoples' lives. How do you sell, "Pull up your bootstraps and go fix it yourself." ?

[From the Raft]

09:37 PM on 01/30/2010

Why I do declare Karl Rove has turned into a Socialist: Let's create a tax credit for people who make too much to fall into Medicaid, who don't have coverage from their employer, and who are young, and who may have made a decision to self-insure, and it helps them to get coverage."

[AddyGmom]

09:25 PM on 01/30/2010

sister sarah's star is fading.

KaRo's is rising. And he's snagged another bush. He does need those bush boys to make his plans work.

[AyeChart]

09:06 PM on 01/30/2010

Karl Rove is one of those rare political geniuses who come along very seldom. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of politics and current events. Disregarding his views is for fools.

Specifically, he's correct that the public has an aversion to the radical left policies Obama's tried to push.

Specifically, he is correct that Republicans need to advance a reasonable, common sense agenda that is designed to solve problems that face the public.

Specifically, this is much like 1994 with a discontented electorate, and we need a positive, easy-to-understand agenda much like the Gingrich Contract with America.

Even moreso, we need candidates who honestly believe in conservative principles and who are less corruptible by inside-the-Beltway cocktail parties than some previous Republicans I could mention.

[macchugsid]

10:04 PM on 01/30/2010

Yeah, he was so spot on about the last election. Actually, I think his time has passed. It is a whole different game today.

[Guscat]

07:56 AM on 01/31/2010

Please define "a reasonable common sense agenda". The term makes it all seem so simple. Palin uses the expression often with no specifics.