Karl Rove: Palin excitement will die down, Biden & Palin were both "political picks"

[darius15]

His insight guided both of Presiident Bush's successful White House bids, but aides to John McCain might just be hoping Karl Rove stops talking.

Days after the prominent Republican strategist said the latest McCain campaign ads had "gone too far" and failed the "100 percent truth test," Rove told the Associated Press Wednesday he thinks the choice of Sarah Palin was a political one and that the excitement she has generated will soon wear off.

"Nothing lasts for 60-some-odd days," he told the Associated Press. "Will she be the center of attention in the remaining 48 days? No, but she came on in a very powerful way and has given a sense of urgency to the McCain campaign that's pretty remarkable."

Rove also described the choice of Palin as a "political pick," and said she was not the most qualified Republican McCain could have chosen. But Rove also said Joe Biden, who has spent three decades in the Senate, was also a political pick — designed to make up for Barack Obama's relatively short resume.

"I think the American people have deep and persistent doubts about the readiness of this dynamic and charismatic first-term senator from Illinois," said Rove.

Rove's comments also come days after he wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal advising Barack Obama to stop attacking Palin directly, noting past attempts by Democratic presidential nominees to attack the No. 2 on the GOP ticket have largely fell flat.

“It's a match-up he'll lose," Rove writes Thursday in his regular Wall Street Journal column. "If Mr. Obama wants to win, he needs to remember he's running against John McCain for president, not Mrs. Palin for vice president."

Rove also told the AP Obama is an "arrogant dilettante," but continued to offer the Illinois senator advice on how to win the electon: "The way that Obama can win is by explaining, expounding on who he is."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/18/rove-palin-excitement-will-die-down/#more-19130

[stray cat]

1. Except Biden is competent and he was partly picked for his experience

Palin is incompetent and was picked because she is female and appeals to religious conservatives

[gateley]

4. And Biden is qualified to be President. Sarah, no. nt

[tblue]

2. Yes, Barack ought to follow all of KKKR*ve's advice. That paragon of honest campaigning.

[gateley]

3. "If Mr. Obama wants to win,

he needs to remember he's running against John McCain for president, not Mrs. Palin for vice president."

Thank you, Karl. That's just what the Obama campaign HAS been doing. And today, Gallup is 48 Obama, 44 McCain.

[woodsprite]

5. Ok, I just really misread the title of this thread.

I'm sitting here eating my lunch an almost shot a raisin out of my nose.

I read it as:

Karl Rove: Palin excrement will die down...

Which, if you think about it, is really what he meant. :rofl:

[FVZA_Colonel]

6. Obama picked Biden to help him govern; McCain picked Palin to help him get elected.

There's no comparison at all.

[Sensitivity]

7. Listen to ROVE!!! Do the OPPOSITE -- 1. destroy PALIN, 2. focus on KEY ISSUES, NOT BIOGRAPHY

[bdamomma]

8. why is this POS Rove still walking around free?

[Willo]

9. I think quoting Rove is a big mistake

He's a graduate of Chaos U. (If not for the candy, how the heck else would you lure the kiddies in the van?)

Damn, he gives me the creeps!

There's nothing he would say that won't said by more reputable people.

When he says something favorable about democrats we should have him on total ignore.

"Nope, didn't hear him. Nope, no opinion on what he said"