Exactly! But discussion of voter fraud (or more precisely, election fraud and cheating in its various forms, a "talent" improved upon by the 'rats over the years) is the current taboo subject among the political class. Until it is brought out into the open and approaches are implemented to mitigate its effects, the GOP will can't win any national elections, no matter how popular their candidates or policies happen to be. So the subject that should be getting the top priority in the wake of this election is on the back burner.
Rove' strength is rote--he knows how various segments of the public line up, ideologically, and in terms of priorities. He either does not understand, or lacks the moral mettle to pursue, how one must go about changing those ideologies and/or priorities.
Human interaction is a dynamic field. Static analysis will always fail against dynamic analysis; pursuing past preferences is only adequate in a population where everyone shares the same value system. The Left has destroyed any common American value system, with the calculated pursuit of what they call "Diversity."
In the situation, today, we absolutely must get away from sloganized campaigning by 30 second sound bites; by hurling ex cathedra statements at the foe, who like the Biblical Serpent in Genesis is whispering appeals to everything base & vile, in the ears of every definable group. We have to go out and actually persuade again.
This is not hopeless. We have the issues, if we will only address them more intelligently. (See Whither American Conservatism.) We need to understand the real Conservative advantage. We seek to preserve what has actually worked--that is a vast advantage over the neurotic cloud-borne wishlists of the Left.
William Flax