The man had every Machiavellian trick up his sleeve and he STILL couldn't get Bush even a slim majority of the popular vote.
The man had a massive propaganda machine churning in his favor and STILL the support for the war went to hell.
Oh, I don't deny he's powerful and manipulative. But being well-connected and ruthless != being politically savvy or even smart.
The only thing he's got going for himself and his employer is our irrational fear of his "power".
Time for a new meme, folks.