Gone, and soon forgotten

I've avoided saying anything about Karl Rove, but I'm tired of this continuation of the meme that he's some sort of evil supergenius. He's evil - in a banal, self-serving, modern GOP way - but he's no genius. He didn't figure out how to game the system; he didn't reinvent politics. And he's probably not going to have a big political comeback.



Karl Rove is the Moneymaker of the Bush administrations. A poor gamesman who doesn't really understand the game he's playing who got on a ridiculous hot streak for awhile. He's the "Crazy Internet Qualifier" of political hacks.

That's not to say he didn't have some big wins and do some of the most egregious things this country's ever seen from a political operative. I'm just saying most of his efforts have been clumsy, telegraphed, and shown the insight of drawing out a gutshot straight for a pot-sized bet. Lucky (and frumpy). Not brilliant.