Karl Rove scares me shitless.
I am not referring to his personal politics which are no more or less malignant than any other Neocon. I am not scared of him because his campaign tactics are just slightly less reprehensible than those of Hitler.
This man managed to make Dubya palatable to the American people.
This man convinced John McCain that “Sarah Palin is a good idea”
But most importantly…
Here is Rove’s projection from the day before the election.
And here are the actual results from last night’s election…
For those of you not paying attention, Rove’s prediction is precisely and absolutely correct so far. There are 3 states that are “too close to call”, and if all 3 go to John McCain, then Rove will be exactly correct. He predicted an electoral vote margin of 338 for Obama to 200 for McCain. Obama has reached 338 electoral votes on the nose, and if Rove is wrong, it will be because Obama won one of the three remaining states. (According to the latest numbers, Obama is ahead in two of the three states.)
Whatever else you can say about Karl Rove, you cannot deny that this man has his finger on the pulse of American politics. The fact that I disagree with his politics in no way diminishes the fact that he is a frighteningly effective campaign organizer.
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