Quitting

Karl Rove is leaving. As close as he is to the President it is surprising that he is leaving before the end of the term. It looks like the rats are deserting the sinking ship. Rove deserves “credit” for electing a non-entity like George Bush in two elections, but should be condemned for eternity for foisting the pander-to-the-base policy, which exacerbated an already partisan political divide. Following 9/11, the Administration could have appealed to a united country and lived up to the campaign claims of ‘compassionate conservatism’ and “I’m a uniter, not a divider.” Instead they chose to aim for a 50.1% electoral majority so that they didn’t have to compromise and could follow the right wing base. They thought they could establish a Republican reign and found that independents, not just Democrats, would not accept that strategy. The Rove legacy: a failed policy.