Is that really what I said? Why would you shoot from the hip like that?
I had my book sent to you sometime ago. If you had looked at it, you
see that two of the first three chapters discussed how the right-wing
was able to develop a movement long before Rove came onto the national
scene. I doubt that George Bush won the first election because of
detailed Rove's knowledge of precincts.
Much more credit goes to the Democrats, the media, the churches, and a
strong grassroots movement, not to mention money. The cultural
politics that he plays was laid out decades before.
A friend of mine is the "Rove" for the California Democratic Party.
When I first met him in local politics, I was amazed by his mastery of
the field for each precinct in Chico. Although he is only on the
statewide level, I would put his knowledge at least as high as Rove's.
His most public success, however, was connecting Barbara Boxer's
opponent to a strip joint.
On the national level, someone at Rove's level has access to detailed
knowledge by virtue of party activists on the ground. I have not lived
in western Pennsylvania for 40 years, but talking to my family, I could
give Rove a fairly accurate feel for the demographics and the
sensibilities of the population. And it does not take much brilliance
to know such things.
Doug Henwood wrote:
On May 13, 2008, at 9:25 PM, Perelman, Michael wrote:
How much of his success comes from dirty tricks rather than knowledge of
precincts?
Oh yeah, right-wingers don't know anything, and they don't appeal to
anything in American public opinion. It's all dirty tricks.
Doug
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