Rove vs. Reality

Posted by Mary Mancini on May 18, 2006 under Uncategorized |

“Rove vs. Reality,” By E.J. Dionne Jr. (Washington Post)
Tuesday, May 16, 2006; Page A17

“There has indeed been a lot of game-changing going on, but Rove’s remarks served to underscore that the game has, from his point of view, been changing in exactly the wrong way. At certain moments, he almost admitted as much. …

“In his speech yesterday, Rove shelved the world-historical perspective in favor of the staple issue of midterm politics, pleading with his audience to think kindly of the Bush economic record. He spoke at length about the mess the economy was in toward the end of Bill Clinton’s term (though he did not mention Clinton’s name), and how our economic problems were deepened by the consequences of the Sept. 11 attacks. …

“That Rove needed to make this case in the first place tells you the trouble the administration faces. All the polls, which Rove played down but acknowledged reading avidly (”I love all these polls,” he said before dismissing the idea of poll-driven policies), show large majorities disapproving of Bush’s handling of the economy.”

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