Firstly, Karl Rove would never had said such a thing to Bob Woodward. You'll notice that there is no direct quotation.
Secondly, the piece is designed to undermine Rove in the eyes of the President. Rove has been a target for liberal Democrats for some time. Bush understands this, and will ignore it.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. The quotation marks in the article are quoting Woodward, not Rove.
What Woodward wrote is: "Watching from owner George Steinbrenner's box, Karl Rove thought, it's like being at a Nazi rally." In other words, Woodward isn't even claiming to quote anything Rove said. He is claiming to quote what Rove thought. Wow, isn't Woodward amazing? No wonder he is such a great reporter. He can read minds!