Karl Rove is done

Veteran journalist and HuffPost columnist Howard Fineman wrote a blog yesterday saying that "Karl Rove is done."  Reminding us that Rove began his political operative career in 1972 with a run for president of the College Republicans.  He learned the art of dirty tricks from the master Lee Atwater, who was his campaign manager.

Fineman said that Rove was never a movement conservative.  "He was a geeky outsider who longed for the power and money and connections that he thought would be available to him in politics in general and as a Nixon acolyte in particular."   He later gained political clout in Texas and then masterminded George W. Bush to the White House and beyond. 

But now, it seems, Karl Rove's poor track record in the 2012 election has done him in.  Though he has just launched a new PAC dedicated to defeating radical conservative primary candidates who will win the nominations but can't win in the general election.  Fineman added that Rove is "a master tactician but a poor judge of horseflesh."

Fineman says that the current war within the Republican party may eventually lead to its revival, but "it won't be Rove, or one of his clients, who is able to end it. He's done."

This opinion is shared by 2012 GOP hopeful John Huntsman, who today said in an interview:   "I think he's kind of yesterday's ballgame," referring to Karl Rove and his new SuperPAC.

Ahhh, it's music to my ears.

Ralph