Rove to get much of blame for failure

[depakid]

IF THE Republican Party has an unusually difficult adjustment to its new minority status, Karl Rove, former top political adviser to George Bush, might be singled out for particular responsibility in what could be a long period of soul searching.

After President Bush's victory in 2000, Mr Rove assured the party he foresaw a long period of Republican dominance, perhaps even a permanent majority.

And as former top political adviser and influential policy hand, his stamp is all over the now-profoundly unpopular Bush Administration.

A Republican Party consultant and political science professor at Clemson University, David Woodard, said yesterday that Mr Rove must bear some responsibility for the party's demise, but the blame could not be sheeted home to one individual.

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While John McCain's choice of the Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as a running mate energised the conservative base, it alarmed independents.

Moderate Republicans also are leery of the party of Bush, Rove and Palin, saying its appeal is too narrow. "This is not the party I joined," said New Hampshire party loyalist Richard Rothers. "The real problem is the Republican Party refused to have the big tent policy that they talked about." He said the party had moved too far to the right.

More: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/rove-to-get-much-of-blame-for-failure/2008/11/06/1225561044585.html
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What ever happened to that "11th Commandment?"

[RobertDevereaux]

1. Go ahead, heap on the blame...

and then GIVE THE FUCKER JAIL TIME!

[junkiebrewster]

2. Dave Woodard

Heh, I had that guy for a poltical science class when I was at Clemson.

What a tool.