Where is Karl Rove?
Thursday - Apr 02, 2009 - 10:02 AM
It is undoubtedly written with an invisible ink in the Republican Party bi-laws to criticize and go after any mistakes the Democratic leaders make. And vice-versa, one could claim similar humorous conclusion about the Democratic Party documents.
So unsurprisingly enough, those who used to be close to the former administration are sparing no efforts to point out the mistakes Obama makes and question his judgment. In a recent article by Karl Rove published in the Wall Street Journal, he is criticizing Obama for saying things and acting like exactly the opposite of what his campaign promises were all about. Perhaps Karl Rove is right in some of his conclusions, perhaps the Obama administration has recently drifted away from the earlier promises to reform Washington. But one has to be realistic about it. Conditions change and we have to adapt to them. Not that I would advocate for Obama or try to explain away some of his arguable steps, but being flexible and open minded with your approach to things is not a bad thing. And if there is any lessons in all this it should be for Karl Rove and his lack of adapting with his view. Sure he was a very successful architect of Bush's presidential campaigns and later his long term advisor. But we may have been in a much better position now with regards to the war in Iraq if Karl Rove was just a little bit more open minded and willing to accept others views.
Karl Rove is currently working on his book and also writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. More about Karl at www.rove.com
source: The World Street Journal
