Karl Rove, architect of George Bush's 2000 and 2004 election victories, spoke in a messianic manner about a permanent Republican majority, built up a Republican base of economic conservatives, Iraq hawks, gun-loving libertarians, and evangelical Christians, augmented by peeling off from the Democrats a percentage of Hispanic voters and working-class women.

In a Rovian view, this process began with the 1994 seizure of Congress under the leadership of Newt Gingrich and was crowned by the election of Bush in 2000, the post-9/11 takeover of the Senate in 2002, and Bush's reelection accompanied by further gains in the Senate in 2004.

cross-posted at http://outsidetheechosphere.wordpress.co m/

More after the fold.

In-F-ing-Credible

Enough is enough. Stop the insanity now folks. Hillary is now friendlier with Rove and Fox News than with fellow Democrats.

On Monday, she quoted Rove's Electoral Map as her strength against Obama. Note that Rove is a McCain adviser. Is everyone ok with this?

Via ABC's Political Punch:

Electoral maps put together by the consulting firm helmed by Karl Rove, and obtained by ABC News, show Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be a stronger general election candidate in a hypothetical general election match-up against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., than Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois.

Click HERE to see the maps and charts from Karl Rove & Co. provided by ABC.

Of special interest in the link, check out the two charts showing polling trends, and you'll see that Hillary Clinton is the ONE candidate of all three who has had signficiant momentum from March through May.

Hope the Superdelegates are paying attention!

Cross-posted at TexasDarlin

UPDATED - Well, our Q&A session has come to an end, as karl needs to fly to North Carolina. He appreciates the fine turnout today, and says he'll try this again sometime soon.

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope everyone is enjoying global warming  the weather as much as we are in Alaska today...a group of us are up north raising millions and millions  money today on behalf of Senator Ted Stevens, at his private residence.  I don't know about you guys, but this is the first time I've ever enjoyed an outdoor BBQ by a pool the size of Rhode Island  in April.

Senator Stevens built the pool as large as Rhode Island, with leftover funds from that bridge to nowhere  has screwed  served Alaskans proudly for years, so when he calls key allies and threatens to spill some secrets  asks for help with his campaign, we're more than happy to pitch in.  George, Dick, Condi, Johnny Mac - everyone is here...

Karl Rove is the greatest political dirty-trickster of all time  can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.  I mean, I'm his best friend, sound asleep, suddenly the phone rings at 4:00 AM, and there's Karl feeding me today's talking points for our teams of trolls at Daily Kos and other sites  asking me to get out of bed just to let everyone know where he stands on Florida and Michigan.

So here it is in a nutshell - Democrats should exclude Florida and Michigan this year.  Just let us have them.  Lord knows, we need all the help we can get this year, even though we control the press, control the courts, control the Supreme Court, spy on every single American and keep detailed files so we can blackmail anyone we choose, lock up whomever we feel like, have access to billions and billions of dollars that we've siphoned off the past 7 years  because our nominee, John McCain, doesn't have a chance without them...

Hello again boys and hootergirls,

As you know, I'm John - Karl's best friend.  Karl continues to be impressed by all the dishonest comments being posted by our trolls masquerading as both Obama and Hillary supporters  with all of your efforts, which will no doubt lead to a landslide victory this November by either the witch  Hillary Clinton, or the scarecrow  Barack Obama.

Karl intended to stay out of Obama's smooth move  "the finger" controversy, but after viewing SluggoJD's detailed analysis of a video that leaves little doubt just how smooth Obama is  ridiculous, self-serving diary titled Screw you, screw you too, screw all of you  "I'm sorry Jonathan, but you're wrong," he nearly had a heart attack this morning as the diary quickly rose to the top of the Recommended List,  Fortunately for us, because we want to run against Obama  it was deleted for exposing one of our agents  wisely deleted by the always-wise monitors here at MyDD, though it still exists in an even more-powerful version with pictures  in an even more ridiculous version with pictures, at MakeThemAccountable.com.

I mean, the nerve of that asshole, troll-fighting, intellectual son of a bitch  SluggoJD for having the nerve to put that diary out on Al's internets for all to see...

Good evening boys, hootergirls, and everyone else,

My buddy Karl just phoned me and wanted me to tell you all hi, thank you for your hard work, and verify everyone has their RNC life insurance policies updated  weekly assignments as Hillary or Obama supporters  current talking points.

For those who were so busy the other night  making up new bullshit about Hillary  spamming thousands with that "Obama is a Muslim" email  switching screennames back and forth faster then you change your underwear  posting sincere comments about your favorite Democratic candidate, I'll re-introduce myself - I'm John, Karl's top henchman  Chief troll coordinator  best friend, and since Karl is a very busy man masterminding yet another Democratic defeat snatched from the jaws of victory  finalizing Plan 2008...oops, not supposed to mention that yet  these days, it's my job to drop by this wonderful and truly pro-Democratic Party site unlike Daily Kos and all those other pretend sites  and communicate with all of our troops  the members from time to time.

I am an Obama supporter, but I have to agree with Alegre.  This "Bittergate" thing has legs.  

My modest suggestion that this will seriously cripple Obama is below the fold.