Democratic centrist blogger Bull Moose (allied with the Demcratic Leadership Council) has an as-usual intriguing post that MUST be read in full here. Here are some key excerpts 4 U. He urges Democrats not to obssess on Karl Rove, and notes that much of this will be resolved in the courts, and then:
In the meantime, if the Democrats obsess on him and he is innocent of the charges, he could re-emerge even stronger. If he or another member of the Administration is indicted, however, it will be devastating and the Democrats will have little to do with it.
Republicans have a problem in linking themselves so closely with Karl. If he falls, they will also pay the price because of their identification with their evil master. Yesterday, it was amusing to witness Rove’s puppet Senators coming to his defense. The monkeys obey the organ grinder! Is the entire GOP intimidated by Karl? Republicans have clearly placed their integrity in a blind trust….
….The point is that the Democrats can’t merely be the party of “no” – or “we hate Karl”. While we are seething with our justifiable anger, the Republican Chairman is making serious overtures to the African-American community. And what kind of effective out reach is the Democratic Party making to groups that have been estranged from the party in recent years?
The politics of scandal do not always pay off for the opposition party. In the 1988 campaign, Iran-contra did not doom an incumbent Veep with ties to the scandal. And Democrats actually made gains in 1998 in the midst of the Lewinsky frenzy….
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.