There’s a lot I like about Karl Rove, but I don’t kid myself: he is not so much conservative as he is for power preservation of the inside-the-beltway old guard GOP.
In other words, principle ALWAYS takes a back seat to getting a win for a warm body with an R by his name.
Political calculus uber alles.
As I have paid more attention the last couple years, I have identified more and more of these folks locally.
They are large in number still, but their power is on the wane.
Karl can count, but he can’t figure.