The focus of any response/criticism of Rove should be on the specific points he makes and why or why not the conclusions he draws are likely to be true or not true. Too many of the posters here post emotional rants that are not based on rebutting the arguments Rove makes with facts or alternative logic. Futhermore, many of the opinions are flat out rude, which is patently counterproductive to what matters most - winning.
Rove is on our side. Period. The ONLY focus that makes sense is carrying out actions that give the most conservative candidate who has a chance to win the best opportunity to do just that - win.
Many here post diatriabes indicating that they just WILL NOT continue to support rinos anymore or that we simply have to MAKE A STAND NOW and NOT PUT UP WITH THIS BULLSHIT ANY MORE. Such sentiments are simply ignorant and foolish and completely ignore a truism that has evident throughout recorded history - you better damn well pay attention to the likely consequences of your actions based on the best available objective evidence and NOT base your decisions on emotion.
The bottom line is that Castle gave the Republicans the best chance to win the Senate, and, contrary to what many are saying here, that matters.
If there is a fact based logical rebuttal that is based on historical evidence (remember induction?), I would be very curious to know what it is. Spare me the inane emotional rants.
Winnning is what matters - and for those of you who think that Castle is no better than Coons or that O’Donnell has a reasonable chance to win or that it is better to have liberal democrat than a turncoat fake Republican, well you’re simply delusional.
Yeah, there’s my analysis. Castle turns out to be far less likely to win a general election than Rove imagines.
Well, then I guess Rush and I and many thoughtful well-informed FReepers are delusional.
No, on second thought, YOU are delusional, because you are one who mistakes solid, "Hey, wait a minute ... fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice ..." awakening of people (like me) who've voted fearfully (AKA "pragmatically") and been rendered suckers for decades now, and caused the Republican party to move steadily left ... left ... left, for "inane emotional rants." You stupidly and arrogantly equate with mere emotionalism our recongition that "winning" on those terms is the same as losing.
Meanwhile YOU are so emotionally vested in winning at any cost that you count as a win the election of a Republican who will vote with the Democrats; and as far as I can tell ONLY out of pure emotion, would count the election of a person who voted the same but who was registered as a Democrat, as a loss. From where I'm sitting, it looks as if YOU have a delusional, emotional take on the concept of winning and losing.