Rove (on FauxNews): Christine O'Donnell's loss is 'a lesson'

[jefferson_dem]

:popcorn:

Rove: Christine O'Donnell's loss is 'a lesson'

On Fox, Megyn Kelly gives Karl Rove a chance to say “I told you so” over his Christine O’Donnell’s loss in Delaware, but Rove refuses to take the bait.

“It gave me no pleasure to say that she was unlikely to win,” he said. “But this again provides a lesson. This is a candidate who was right on the issues, but who had mishandled a series of questions brought up by the press.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/1110/Rove_Christine_ODonnells_loss_is_a_lesson.html?showall

[villager]

1. Let the GOP civil war begin in earnest.... right now!

:thumbsup:

[Kurovski]

2. Go Sarah!

[BootinUp]

14. Where is Sarah? This is one of the few times I want to see her open her trap!~

[Kurovski]

17. They're formulating what she should say off the cuff.

I'd go to her Twitter, but I'm just not that kind of boy.

[tishaLA]

20. Seriously. He could just transpose Sister Sarah's name and

give the same answer.

He can't wait to take her out.

[karynnj]

3. "mishandled a series of questions"???

She paid her rent and other expenses from campaign money. Lied about her education. Is over 40 having almost no real job experience. It was not a case of a few gaffes. Not to mention, she is the first Senate candidate I remember who needed to say that she was not a witch.

[prolesunited]

5. You mean making TV appearances

and running for office is not a career.

[karynnj]

7. Well, the former could be, but it doesn't seem that 21 (or whatever the number was)

appearances on Maher show could have carried her through something like 17 years.

[MattyGroves]

11. In other words...

You can be totally corrupt and have ethical issues a mile wide and as deep as the Mariana Trench but if you say "lower taxes and cut spending" the Republican party will back you 100%

[karynnj]

12. Great summary

applies well to many of their ethics or morals challenged candidates.

My question will be how quickly DE will do a total investigation of the finances of her various campaigns. I am not a lawyer, but it sure seems an investigation is called for.

[MattyGroves]

15. I don't know that they should waste their time

It just further advances O'Donnell's persecution complex and won't it be simply a fine (which her supporters would gladly pay as soon as Hannity or Rush makes the request)?

Besides, isn't she now a four time loser on the national election scene? I don't see her having any future role in politics and outside of Hannity I think Fox News would consider her too stupid to put on-air with any regularity.

Just my thought.

[karynnj]

16. This should not be done for political reasons, but legal ones

If everything alleged is true she has used money inappropriately in all of her campaigns. This is fraud and could lead to criminal charges. (Consider the John Edwards' case where he may face charges if it turns out that he really did pay to keep his mistress with campaign funds.) In her case, I don't know if embezzlement is the right word - but to be paying her rent in 2009, after losing in 2008 is clearly not kosher.

[Kurovski]

18. Yes, the Republics will support you.

A republiker is expected to be no more honest than the corporation that owns you.

[LynneSin]

4. One think I learned about my state of Delaware as I campaigned for Chris Coons

I've only lived here in Delaware for 10 years and this is the first time I campaigned in Delaware. Normally I'd be in Pennsylvania where there were more battles to be fought.

But one very common message I heard from so many voters whose doors I knocked on and whose phones I called.

They don't like this kind of nasty politics. Delawareans keep their elections clean and want the races battled over the issues and not nasty name calling. 2.5 years ago we had a tough battle for DE Governor in the primaries with Lt. Governor John Carney running against Treasurer Jack Markell. Never did you see a more clean race about the issues than these two running against each other. And yet tonight you could see the deep friendship these 2 had when Governor Markell introduced John Carney on stage as our next US Representative from Delaware. And both Carney and Coons had nothing but absolute praise for Mike Castle - you could feel it in the room as Castle's name was spoken.

We are a state of elections where we want to hear about the issues and ditch those silly campaign slogans and rhetoric. People didn't vote for O'Donnell for one main reason - they felt she had no message and didn't represent our state. And they didn't like what she did to Mike Castle. If only Mike Castle would have endorsed Christine O'Donnell, this might have been a much closer race. But he wouldn't because he knew that people like Christine O'Donnell should not be representing our state.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Trouble in doggy-land......

Teabaggers were SO DAMN SURE she'd win.

[defendandprotect]

8. Rove simply played both sides of the street -- win/win .....

[Supersedeas]

9. Corporate Populism -- that money from multinational corporations combined with astroturf

[Myrina]

10. code for: 'she should have come to me for approval first' ...

:puke:

[yellowcanine]

13. "who had mishandled a series of questions brought up by the press.”

"Party of Personal Responsibility" strikes again.

So it is the fault of the "press" that Christine was not ready for prime time, according to Karl.

[Supersedeas]

19. meanwhile David Gregory is dancing in the background..orchestrating some analysis for Karl Karl Karl