You're probably right but the DU types really give far more credit to Rove than they should. They make him out to be an all-seeing and all-knowing being. He's probably more into GOTV campaigns and such things than planning dirty tricks campaigns. At least that's what I think. I could be wrong.
I'm not convinced that if the SBV's hadn't touched Kerry's Vietnam escapades that the Bush campaign would have. They seemed reluctant to touch that and Kerry's anti-war activities. His Senate career had a lot of meat for them to go after but the war-related stuff was too touchy to go after directly. They piggy-backed off the SBV's for that. Who would have foreseen the Swifties would have done so much damage to Kerry though? Their book is still #1 after so many weeks.
"Who would have foreseen the Swifties would have done so much damage to Kerry though?"
Ain't it amazing? this will be studied by both parties for 2008, though I assume most candidates dont have such polarizing material on film from the past as kerry.
Obviously the dems are going to try to kill 527's all together asap. It is a shame that political speech will be party-controlled.