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Conservative Lobbyist Norquist: Sherwood Would Have Been Reelected "If His Mistress Hadn't Whined About Being Throttled"...
Financial Times | Caroline Daniel, Holly Yeager and Krishna Guha |
November 11, 2006 10:09 PM
From the Financial Times:
Rove off the hook as party blames Iraq
By Caroline Daniel, Holly Yeager and Krishna Guha
Published: November 10 2006 02:20 | Last updated: November 10 2006 02:20
When President George W. Bush lobbed a barb at Karl Rove, his chief political strategist, at his press conference, “I was obviously working harder on this campaign than he was,” there were notable “oohs” from the audience at the public slapdown.
Republican analysts on Thursday said the jibe was unfair. The election was an indictment of Mr Bush’s Iraq policy, not political tactics. “Nobody thinks that Karl is in charge of the occupation of Iraq,” said Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, who has close ties to Mr Rove. “I haven’t heard any complaints about him. In a conference call with conservative groups no one faulted the turnout effort.”
Although Mr Bush said they had faced a “thumping”, Mr Rove’s strategy of targeting the base was effective. White evangelical, born-again Christians, a group he wooed in 2004, remained firmly within the republican coalition – 71 per cent voted Republican, a one per cent drop on 2004. Turnout remained high at 24 per cent, against 23 per cent in 2004.
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Mr Rove may have put too much faith in historical political facts, such as that incumbents tend not to be defeated, with 97.5 per cent getting reelected since 1996, and that there were fewer open races small, with only 20 open seats, less than the Democrats faced in 1994. A week before the election he confidently predicted keeping the House and Senate, yet that may have been driven by bravado not belief.
Although some glitz has come off Mr Rove, Republicans have been more eager to blame botched campaigns and individual ethics scandals. "Bob Sherwood's seat [in Pennsylvania] would have been overwhelmingly ours, if his mistress hadn't whined about being throttled," said Mr Norquist. Any lessons from the campaign? "Yes. The lesson should be, don't throttle mistresses."
Financial Times | Caroline Daniel, Holly Yeager and Krishna Guha |
November 11, 2006 10:09 PM
From the Financial Times:
Rove off the hook as party blames Iraq
By Caroline Daniel, Holly Yeager and Krishna Guha
Published: November 10 2006 02:20 | Last updated: November 10 2006 02:20
When President George W. Bush lobbed a barb at Karl Rove, his chief political strategist, at his press conference, “I was obviously working harder on this campaign than he was,” there were notable “oohs” from the audience at the public slapdown.
Republican analysts on Thursday said the jibe was unfair. The election was an indictment of Mr Bush’s Iraq policy, not political tactics. “Nobody thinks that Karl is in charge of the occupation of Iraq,” said Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, who has close ties to Mr Rove. “I haven’t heard any complaints about him. In a conference call with conservative groups no one faulted the turnout effort.”
Although Mr Bush said they had faced a “thumping”, Mr Rove’s strategy of targeting the base was effective. White evangelical, born-again Christians, a group he wooed in 2004, remained firmly within the republican coalition – 71 per cent voted Republican, a one per cent drop on 2004. Turnout remained high at 24 per cent, against 23 per cent in 2004.
[...]
Mr Rove may have put too much faith in historical political facts, such as that incumbents tend not to be defeated, with 97.5 per cent getting reelected since 1996, and that there were fewer open races small, with only 20 open seats, less than the Democrats faced in 1994. A week before the election he confidently predicted keeping the House and Senate, yet that may have been driven by bravado not belief.
Although some glitz has come off Mr Rove, Republicans have been more eager to blame botched campaigns and individual ethics scandals. "Bob Sherwood's seat [in Pennsylvania] would have been overwhelmingly ours, if his mistress hadn't whined about being throttled," said Mr Norquist. Any lessons from the campaign? "Yes. The lesson should be, don't throttle mistresses."
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