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The Washington Times reports that Karl Rove “yesterday confidently predicted that the Republican Party would hold the House and the Senate in next month’s elections, dismissing fallout from the sex scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley.”
At a luncheon with editors and reporters at The Washington Times, Mr. Rove — who is widely credited as the architect of the party’s historic 2002 midterm election gains — said Republicans are beginning to make significant headway in defining their party’s differences from congressional Democrats, especially on national security.
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In the hourlong interview, Mr. Rove was upbeat, telling stories from the campaign trail and joking about skewed political coverage that disproportionately shows Democrats poised to take control of Congress.
It seems that Karl Rove is putting all his money on these last few weeks before the elections:
And, in some ways, the campaign is just beginning, Mr. Rove added.
“For most Americans, particularly the marginal voters who are going to determine the outcome of the election, it started a couple weeks ago,” he said. “Between now and the election, we will spend $100 million in target House and Senate races in the next 21 days.”
I have to admit that it makes me quite curious. On the other hand, as I see it, this is also, quite simply, logical. If Rove and Bush become inconfident and will start predicting a significal loss for the GOP, well, the Democrats will have already won the battle. So, naturally, afore mentioned individuals cannot ‘give up’ (beforehand).
Furthermore: Rove can talk about money as much as he wants to, but in the end, if people truly believe that the Republicans messed up tremendously / are corrupt / etc., they will quite simply lose. No matter how much money they’ll throw in there.
On the other hand, as with everything – it ain’t over until the fat lady sings.
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