Rove is the architect of the collapse of the Republican party between 2003 and 2009. I reallly don’t give a crap about what he has to say. He has incredible knowledge on electoral politics but I don’t think he is even average on messaging and strategy. He was able to get just enough votes twice, and the second was in the shadow of 9-11.
Big Bump, he is a paid spokenman of the ruling class, be they D's or R's. He is not a friend of the American middle class and he does not speak for American conservatives. Maybe the neocons, but not conservatives that is for sure.
I was never able to discern exactly who was the originator of all of the disastrous decisions of the GWB second term, Rove, Bush, Cheney or anyone else. Of course, the buck stopped with Bush, of course, but I couldn't believe he made all of those idiotic decisions.... but SOMEONE did- and Bush at least approved them. I firmly believe that those missteps greatly advanced the Obummer election.