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Breaking News: Hillary Clinton now thinks Karl Rove's a political genius
Los Angeles Times ^ | May 19, 2008 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 05/20/2008 12:17:25 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Until very recently Karl Rove was to most Democrats the Great Satan, the political mastermind of two outrageously stunning Republican presidential victories by a Texas goofball governor and, before that, the unfortunate upset ousting of a popular Democratic governor named Ann Richards, as well as the overall rejuvenation of the Lone Star state GOP in statewide offices.

...In recent months one of the worst things Sen. Hillary Clinton could say about her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, was that he was taking moves out of the "Karl Rove playbook." Can you imagine?! "Shame on you, Barack Obama!" she said. Which, if you stop to think about it, means Obama was successful.

...Today, Clinton began citing Rove as the ultimate expert on who was the strongest Democratic candidate in the Nov. 4 general. And we've got the exclusive maps below to prove it, all four confidential pages.

...as TV analyst Rove has become famous for his colored U.S. maps. He's long been renowned among co-workers for mining details and all sorts of fascinating tidbits from material that others missed.

His latest maps show Clinton leading the presumptive Republican nominee by more than 50 electoral votes in a hypothetical match-up based on current polls. And another Rove map shows Obama trailing McCain slightly.

...So Rove, the Republican Svengali of modern American politics, is really saying that Clinton is stronger because he wants Democrats to pick her because he secretly knows that she really isn't stronger and that will backfire and actually help the GOP's McCain.

Or, no, wait. Maybe Rove is really saying Clinton is stronger now because he knows Democrats won't believe him so then they'll do the opposite and choose Obama, which is really what Rove wants because he knows McCain is stronger against the freshman senator.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; clinton; hillary; karlrove; rove
Karl Rove Maps (pdf)
1 posted on 05/20/2008 12:17:25 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

CHAOS


2 posted on 05/20/2008 12:25:25 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (The Gift of McCain: Reminding us you can never pray too much.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

it just keeps getting better...
:^)


3 posted on 05/20/2008 12:27:46 AM PDT by AprilfromTexas
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Rove?

That magnificent bastard !

4 posted on 05/20/2008 12:43:05 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sad that Obama has the same margin in Pennsylvania as he does in California.


5 posted on 05/20/2008 12:47:44 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Atta Boy!.....that magnificent bastard!.....
6 posted on 05/20/2008 12:57:35 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid,doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you..our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I'll get you for this Rove!



7 posted on 05/20/2008 3:01:08 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Berlin_Freeper

8 posted on 05/20/2008 3:30:56 AM PDT by ProfoundMan ( See my profile for hundreds of little freeper pics!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hillary’s “Mother of Convenience” moment.


9 posted on 05/20/2008 3:31:28 AM PDT by rod1
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To: rod1

Rove shows North Dakota as a toss up between McCain and Obama.
I find that very unlikely (as a resident of the state for 40 years and delegate to a couple of state Republican conventions). 55-45 McCain, maybe 60-40 McCain.


10 posted on 05/20/2008 3:43:51 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Maine Mariner

I remember Bubba saying: “If we can get rid of Rove, we can get the Whitehouse back.” And what happened: “The Plame Affair”...and some jerk named Fitzgerald who had sand in his eyes.


11 posted on 05/20/2008 4:23:49 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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