I don’t “love” Rove, just as I don’t “love” Carville . . . both were simply masters at their craft (there might be some libs out there who blame Carville for Bush, though I doubt it).
I hear you. I’m with you. Competence is always interesting. Maybe especially so in the dark arts. I’m saying the people who are the most bitter about Rove now have fallen the farthest—they were likely the most smitten with him then.