From Pabster-
Come on moonbats. Rove was a proven winner. Look how desperately you went after him. When Valerie Flame came calling, you thought you had him.
I'm not saying Rove is a genius, but he is a proven winner in the political arena. With the nationwide anti-Republican sentiment in 2004, I don't believe anyone could have done the job.
He escaped indictiment in the Plame affair only by the skin of his teeth, and would probably be out on bail if Dubya hadn't commuted Libby's sentence...
He may yet go down for it, unless he's on Bush's blanket pardon list, which I suspect will be pretty large...
And there wasn't a great deal of anti-repub sentiment until 2006- repubs could still beat the terrar drum in 2004, not to mention swiftboating Kerry rather effectively... while misrepresenting his "global consent" remark... they were also riding high on the faux recovery of homeloanership and immense deficit spending...
It's different today, and will likely be even more different come election-time. Terrar won't sell, and neither will the ongoing occupation of Iraq. The economy is headed for the skids, and the only way to save the bankers is with strong inflation... not to mention that the current difficulties are largely the result of repub greed and arrogance... policy verging on outright theft. And there's Gitmo, wiretapping, black prisons and obscene corporate profiteering... along with a lot of other stuff...
Here's hoping that Giuliani wins Florida- repubs can head into their convention in a state of total disarray...