Reply #72: Unless some other angle comes out of this story, this was uniformly

[Zynx]

negative for the Republicans. Karl Rove is no genius. He has won three elections in his life that were important and I can explain each one:

1. 1994, Republican wave and it was Texas. Does he want a cookie
2. 2000, Media hurt Gore badly and election was stolen(not so good) even though Bush had a 16 point lead in late 1999
3. 2004, Kerry ran a weak campaign and Rove barely pulled it out with gay bashing

He could not save Jerry Kilgore or Doug Forrester last year despite big efforts in both cases, particularly with Kilgore. He even made the mistake of sending Bush down at the last moment and he was humiliated.

The Foley scandal only makes the Republican-run House look even worse and will only help Democrats. You folks give Karl waaayyyyy too much credit.