Posted on 01/30/2012 10:02:34 AM PST by libh8er
It occurred to me that in the Karl Rove playbook you go after an opponent's strengths, not weaknesses. Rove has used this tactic throughout his political career to destroy opponents.. most recently in the swiftboating of John Kerry. Kerry's biggest selling point during the war on terror, the Dems thought, was going to be his service in Vietnam. The American people would see that Kerry had actually served vs Bush who supposedly dodged. Then he got swiftboated and his candidacy ended.
Now here we have Newt whose popularity among conservatives stems from his association with Ronald Reagan and promoting Reaganism. Then all of a sudden one day - out of the blue - we see a barrage of (out of context) quotes and clips of Newt dissing Reagan. Even Rush said never in his career had he heard Newt say anything negative about Reagan - meaning if he had, it had to be within context of something else Newt was saying. And yet headline after headline on Drudge screamed every negative thing (when seen out of context) Newt had said about Reagan. It stayed there for a day and a half. The next evening a visibly shaken and demoralized Newt fumbled in the debates and in 24 hours his candidacy was in collapse.
I don't know if Karl Rove is actively advising the Romney campaign, but I am seeing Rove written all over this.
Rove was the brains behind two GOP presidential victories. He maintained control of the House and seate in off year 02. He was a HERO for the right and now he’s mud. I don’t think he’s the one who’s changed.
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