Obama and the Permanent Campaign

I normally don’t agree with what Karl Rove has to say but his newest article has a great deal of truth to it. The only comment I take issue with is the one he made about Obama’s staff attacking critics.

“They can be purposely combative and even portray critics as enemies. Carrying this mindset into the White House can get you into trouble, a lesson the Obama administration is now learning the hard way.”

He should intimately know all about this having committed the same crime while working in the Bush administration. Or has he forgotten that he helped demonize Americans who didn’t support every piece of legislation Bush signed off on as “unpatriotic.” Of course, he would deny such an accusation but denial is one of the things Rove does best, right along with subterfuge. After all, he’s called “The Architect” for a reason.