Monday, August 13, 2007
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Rove Resigns
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Posted by:
Patrick Ruffini at
9:30 AM
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I'm sure there will be some amount of piling on Karl Rove and the President today. If that's what you're looking for from me, you'll be sorely disappointed. Today, my hat is off to Mr. Rove for six and a half years of dedicated service to the President he more than anyone was responsible for electing and then re-electing against the odds. Without him, it would have been President Al Gore on 9/11.
It's telling that none of the current candidates have a Karl Rove -- with the only possible exception being Hillary Clinton. And more telling still that in that case, his equal is a former President of the United States. It's no wonder the Clintons -- the most competent political team in this race -- are copying everything Rove built as fast as they can.
For those of us in politics, an operative like Karl Rove comes across once in a generation. The Reagan generation had Lee Atwater. And we had Rove. This is a rite of passage for the Bush White House and the generation of political workers that Rove taught.
And what of the permanent Republican majority Rove was supposed to build? That's on hold, overtaken by events, and specifically Iraq. It will be left to the next generation to build it.
I suspect that's for the best though. As conservatives, we should never rest on our laurels and our work should never be at an end point.
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