Rove is a smart idiot. I would love to know why he let Bush hole up for 6 years and not tell us $hit. He let every loser in the world attack Bush and define him, and did nothing.
Unfortunately I agree with you. Whether the responsibility for the horrible communications coming from the Bush administration is Rove’s responsibility or Bush’s own for the “new tone”, they irresponsibly allowed lies to be aired and fester into fabricated truths. Simply a disaster.
Ari Fleischer did a fine job in the early days. Whoever hired McClelland should be retired from GOP politics permanently. By the time the late Tony Snow got there it was too late. The negative perceptions and untruths had already taken hold.
How is that Rove's fault, and not Bush's?