When a football team plays cover 2 defense and the offense responds by finding cracks at the corners, is that some kind of conspiracy in which the offense and defense are working for the same team?
When McDs and BK have promotion wars that react to each other, is that some type of coordinated conspiracy?
When the stock market has a buyer for every seller, is that some kind of coordinated conspiracy?
Yes, the DC-Cartel strategizes and seeks to advance one of its own. But the conspiracy (strategy) is not as centrally directed as it is self-interest directed. The DC-Cartel has far too many political consultants who were successful with one statewide race somewhere and not want the big presidential money and ego like Karl Rove.
They whisper in the ear of Santorum, Huckabee, Perry, Cristie, Pataki, Paul, etc that they can get the guy elected. These politicians have such dishonest egos that they believe the sweet nothings whispered in their ears.
Of course, there is no way any of the above named have a prayer of winning anything in 2016. There is no possible game plan or strategy that can get them to win even one state.
The invisible hand works in politics just as much as in economics.
did you read the GOPe Roadmap to 2016 Victory by Conservative Treehouse? Cause if you did, you’d understand Rove’s hand in it.