This Wednesday, Rove fittingly 'telegraphed his punch' in the UK Daily Telegraph with his non-nuanced comment that Sarah Palin lacks the "gravitas" to be President of the United States. Yep, he first damned her with faint praise and then he damned her altogether. She's about to be cleared off the dancing floor before her daughter is.
The GOP race for the 2012 Presidential Nomination begins in earnest on November 3rd. And, Karl Rove already has his candidate: it's Jeb Bush. The same money, the same players and the same powerful and entrenched political machine that has bedeviled this nation for decades did not just go away. They are still there and ready and "fired up" to take back the country that they believe they deserve to govern. Count on it.
Mitt Romney: Does anyone really think that Mitt, who stumbled because of his Mormonism in 2008 will somehow get a free pass from the evangelicals on his religion? Well, don't believe it.
Sarah Palin? Well, Mr Rove began taking care of the Palin Problem this week just as Palin was making her way to the starting gate. On Wednesday, Rove fittingly 'telegraphed his punch' in the UK Daily Telegraph with his non-nuanced comment that Sarah Palin lacks the "gravitas" to be President of the United States. Yep, he first damned her with faint praise and then he damned her altogether. She's about to be cleared off the dancing floor before her daughter is.
Newt Gingrich? Oh, please! That tired, old wheezing adulterer is only popular within his own mind and because Fox News lets him think he is. And he's no fan within the phony tea party crowd either. He will line up with pompoms and a megaphone for Jeb when the time is right.
Mike Huckabee? He's already said that Jeb Bush would make a good president. Wonder who he's been talking with? Tim Pawlenty? Please spare me.
Jeb helps nail down the Florida electoral votes in the electoral calculus. And he actually does speak Spanish, unlike his stupid older brother. Jeb will let the Republicans in the House of Representatives do the dirty work against Obama while he keeps his hands clean.
And, of course, Rush Limbaugh of Palm Beach, will begin the chipping away of all potential rivals to his good buddy, Jeb. Limbaugh will begin herding the sheep exactly where he needs them, all the while pretending to be "neutral" as long as he can. But Rush and his new bride already have their invitation to stay overnight at the White House again.
The Bush family since the 1940's have had their fingerprints rubbing against the White House. First covertly with Prescott Bush, later more overtly with his son, George H., and grandson, George W. And all those years, this highly disciplined family dynasty has always had its team ready to play ball. Their team runs the full gamut from its first string players like James Baker, Saudi "princes", U.S. oil men, and Defense Contractors all the way down to its more lowly provocateurs like Gordon Liddy and Lee Atwater. And of course, their friendly media moguls that control radio, print and television news, are ready at Mr. Rove's nod to begin the mantra, to put on the record and watch the people dance.
And of course, most telling, is that, George Herbert Walker Bush, the current Bush Patriarch himself told Fox that his son, Jeb, "is as qualified and as able as anyone I know in the political scene" to be president. And more importantly, the Godfather has made it clear, "I'd like to see him run. I'd like to see him be president some day."
November 3rd. Karl Rove will give the order to surface his political submarines. Mark your 2012 Mayan Calendars. And bookmark this Diary. It will be Jeb Bush against Barack Obama.
I have no doubt whatsoever that Obama can and will handily win the national referendum in 2012, but then...so did Albert Gore and John Kerry in 2000 and 2004, didn't they?