Not long ago Karl Rove was a White House counselor and considered the architect of a “permanent” Republican majority. Rove’s politics of division worked for Bush and the Republicans for a while, until reality made it all crash down on them in 2006. Rove left in disgrace, but has now been offered a new job. Instead of sitting in the top rungs of power, or helping to mastermind a Republican come back, Rove has been hired by Newsweek. He will be providing commentary to counter Markos Moulitsas.
A couple of years ago Rove would have probably laughed at the prospect of winding up on the same level as the founder of Daily Kos, but those on the way down are sometimes surprised by those on the way up who they meet. Rove’s politics of division is certainly on a comparable level as the angry attitude sometimes seen at Daily Kos when they are on their worst behavior, except Rove’s views are far less likely to be grounded in reality.
