Rove IS brilliant.
But Republicans need to listen to him, take a cue from him, and keep making and amplifying on those points.
The Republicans frequently are too "timid" to take on the Dems point by point and tell the American people what a Dem administration would mean to the War on Terror and our safety and security.
"Because of a New York Times story, our enemies now know that in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to intercept communications where one of the parties is outside the United States and there is a reasonable basis to conclude the conversation involves a member of, or someone affiliated with, al Qaeda.
The purpose of the NSA surveillance is to protect American lives - and the President's actions are both legal and fully consistent with the Fourth Amendment and the protection of civil liberties. "
AND it should be mentioned that the NYT published this, after President Bush PERSONALLY appealed to them and explained that damage it will cause to our safety and national security. The NYT went ahead and published it, with the full knowledge of the damage to our security it will cause. They should be tried for treason.