Harold Meyerson: The Repudiation of Rove, excellent editorial..

[Virginia Dare]

The Repudiation of Rove
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By Harold Meyerson
Wednesday, February 6, 2008; A19



John McCain had a surprising but pleasant evening last night -- watching Mitt Romney go down to defeat in nearly every contest and encountering a newly victorious but ultimately unnominatable Mike Huckabee all across the Bible Belt. McCain's successes so far reflect not only his appeal as a candidate but also the bankruptcy of the conservative agenda and political strategy that have steered the Republicans for many years.

McCain's victories have been chiefly a triumph of biography over ideology.

Blessed, in Romney, with an opponent who approaches the Platonic Ideal of Inauthenticity, McCain has racked up primary-season successes more because of the personal contrasts between the two candidates than because of differences of program. But his personal merits have yet to sway those Republicans who classify themselves in the polls as very conservative.

A more direct affront to the Republican strategy devised by Karl Rove -- to build support within the party's right-wing base and then try to win over just enough moderates to carry elections -- cannot be imagined.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502878.html

[Jim__]

1. "...the Platonic Ideal of Inauthenticity"

That's the best description of Romney that I've seen!

[renate]

2. it would have been so good to look into the future from, say, 2003

When Bush/Cheney/Rove and the Republican machine looked unstoppable, it would have brought us so much hope to read an article like this from 2008 and to see that their attempt to create a permanent Republican majority was doomed--in fact, that the opposite of Rove's plans would come to fruition.

This article is wonderful. :woohoo:

[Virginia Dare]

3. It's a crying shame..

that so many have to suffer an die, and that our Constitution had to take such a beating for us to get to this point though.