[From reading between the lines on the story, it sounds like Rove was doing what he's advised candidates to do for years: when under attack, push back. Joe Wilson hit the Bush administration and they struck back. What if Joe Wilson's wife worked at HUD and got Wilson a trip to Detroit, and then Wilson wrote an op-ed piece about how the Bush policies undercut the auto-industry.] Ingrate, ... His wife got him that gig. And besides he got it all wrong about the auto industry. Karl Rove
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![[Bush's campaign strategist Karl Rove predicted that Forbes would not be able to keep pace as the campaign moves forward.] This is his high water mark, ... New Hampshire might be the same for John McCain. - Karl Rove Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0J1c2gncyBjYW1wYWlnbiBzdHJhdGVnaXN0IEthcmwgUm92ZSBwcmVkaWN0ZWQgdGhhdCBGb3JiZXMgd291bGQgbm90IGJlIGFibGUgdG8ga2VlcCBwYWNlIGFzIHRoZSBjYW1wYWlnbiBtb3ZlcyBmb3J3YXJkLl0gVGhpcyBpcyBoaXMgaGlnaCB3YXRlciBtYXJrLCAuLi4gTmV3IEhhbXBzaGlyZSBtaWdodCBiZSB0aGUgc2FtZSBmb3IgSm9obiBNY0NhaW4uIA==&author=ICBLYXJsIFJvdmUgICAg&num=9 "[Bush's campaign strategist Karl Rove predicted that Forbes would not be able to keep pace as the campaign moves forward.] This is his high water mark, ... New Hampshire might be the same for John McCain. - Karl Rove Quotes")
![[Bush's top aides debated whether to keep the President above the fray during the midterms--] to protect him, ... As far as Bush was concerned, the real risk would have been to sit on his hands when he had the opportunity to make the difference in some very close races. He and Karl were completely in synch. - Karl Rove Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0J1c2gncyB0b3AgYWlkZXMgZGViYXRlZCB3aGV0aGVyIHRvIGtlZXAgdGhlIFByZXNpZGVudCBhYm92ZSB0aGUgZnJheSBkdXJpbmcgdGhlIG1pZHRlcm1zLS1dIHRvIHByb3RlY3QgaGltLCAuLi4gQXMgZmFyIGFzIEJ1c2ggd2FzIGNvbmNlcm5lZCwgdGhlIHJlYWwgcmlzayB3b3VsZCBoYXZlIGJlZW4gdG8gc2l0IG9uIGhpcyBoYW5kcyB3aGVuIGhlIGhhZCB0aGUgb3Bwb3J0dW5pdHkgdG8gbWFrZSB0aGUgZGlmZmVyZW5jZSBpbiBzb21lIHZlcnkgY2xvc2UgcmFjZXMuIEhlIGFuZCBLYXJsIHdlcmUgY29tcGxldGVseSBpbiBzeW5jaC4g&author=ICBLYXJsIFJvdmUgICAg&num=4 "[Bush's top aides debated whether to keep the President above the fray during the midterms--] to protect him, ... As far as Bush was concerned, the real risk would have been to sit on his hands when he had the opportunity to make the difference in some very close races. He and Karl were completely in synch. - Karl Rove Quotes")
