Posted by
Silvio Canto, Jr. on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:36:37 AM
In the 1950's, Casey Stengel was the most hated man in American League ballparks. Why did the amiable Casey make so many people mad? He managed the Yankees, who won the AL pennant over and over again.
Back to Rove. What did Rove do:
"His crucial insight in 2000 was recognizing that Mr. Bush had to be both an alternative to Bill Clinton's scandalous behavior and "a different kind of Republican."
In 2002, the president's party gained seats in both the House and Senate in a first midterm election for the first time since 1934.
And in 2004, for only the second time in history, a president won re-election while helping his party gain seats in both houses of Congress; the other time was 1936.
Much has been made of John Kerry's ineptitude, but the senator won some eight million more votes than Al Gore did in 2000, and Mr. Rove claims Democrats outspent Republicans by $148 million thanks to billionaire donations to "527" committees.
Yet amid a difficult war, Mr. Bush won by increasing his own vote by nearly 25% over 2000, winning 81% of U.S. counties.
The Rove-Ken Mehlman turnout effort was a spectacular achievement.
If it did nothing else, that 2004 victory put John Roberts and Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court." ('The Mark of Rove' By PAUL A. GIGOT)
That's a pretty good record.
True, Bush lost the House and Senate in 2006. Yet, his "6th year losses" were inferior to FDR in '38. And, every modern president has suffered losses in his second mid-term.
They hate Rove. In reality, they are scared of him.
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