[Pubbie]

With all due respect, It sounds like Parsky had much more to do with Simon's defeat than Rove did.

It was Parsky's decision not to fund a GOTV effort not Rove's.

The worst that can be said of Rove is that he delegated authority for the California race to the wrong man, but still Rove did not actively sabotage Simon as far as I can tell.

[Carry_Okie]

I said he was accountable for putting Parsky there. I didn't say he caused it. It was his ideological preference and antipathy to conservatives that drove the choice. In that respect, it stands.

[WOSG]

That sounds right. Bush at least went to California to campaign for Simon.

Much of the behavior you mention came from Parsky.

Speaking of Schundler, it's the same deal, it was the state party NJ GOP and certain players that pulled the rug from under Schundler. The RINOs in charge balked at helping him out. He lost the moderate vote and the election.