Rove is trying to raise expectations for Kerry in the debates, making it easier for President Bush to win.
This was posted about 6 minutes ago at DU from their timetag so about 9 minutes after posted here. It got their attention real fast.
"Rove is trying to raise expectations for Kerry in the debates, making it easier for President Bush to win."
I think you get the blue ribbon Stonedog. Rove is just positioning Bush for the debates. Like the convention, lower the expectations on your guy and raise the expectations on the other guy.