What leaves me genuinely gobsmacked, ultimately, is just how many hasty, huffy respondents demonstrably have no clue whatsoever that Rove is (and has been) in Romney's corner since Day One.
They just reflexively... attack. Like jihadis firing their sub-machine guns into the air, and wailing "ULULULULULULULUL -- !!!" ;)
Funny you should mention that.
One of the gym TVs is set to PBS and last night lib Bill Moyer show was on and he had a guest who outlined how Karl Rove was behind the scenes smearing Romney's 2012 primary opponents like Santurum, Newt, Perry, etc.
My google says it was Craig Unger who wrote “BOSS ROVE: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power.”
That was just last night(I think it was last Friday's show).
Naturally this is popular with the Dem outlets, you will never see it on the Republican channel as Rove is a big shot there.