Rove is, was, and always will be a RINO. Think what you want about President Bush as a person, but the fact is that the Bush/Rove team did a very thorough job of demoralizing and discrediting conservatives and conservatism. Rove was behind much of the BS that got the Republicans kicked out in 2006 and 2008. The whole “compassionate conservative” schtick was designed to hide the fact that they were massive government loving RINOs. Now Rove is trying to destroy conservatives again. How does that make him “one of the good guys?”
This type of thing will ensure that the Republicans will not win anything in November due to voter disgust with them. As a party organization, the Republicans suck really bad. The only reason they will win anything is because the alternative is worse. But the people that believe that, will just won’t vote. People want to vote for what they perceive as winners not losers. If you wont support you own nominees, you are losers.