January 17, 2008
Posted: 08:30 AM ET
Karl Rove took aim at Clinton and Obama Wednesday.
Karl Rove took aim at Clinton and Obama Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove dismissed Hillary Clinton’s Michigan primary win Wednesday, telling a group of Republican party leaders that her victory showed signs of weakness.

Clinton, the only major candidate to appear on the Democratic presidential primary ballot, received roughly 55 percent of the vote. About 40 percent of those voting in the primary opted for the “uncommitted” option, and 5 percent of the vote went to other candidates, including Dennis Kucinich, Chris Dodd and Mike Gravel.

“Think about that. She’s running against ‘nobody’ and ‘nobody’ gets 40 percent of the vote,” said Rove. “The other 5 percent of the vote went to three other people: 27,924 votes went to the guy who believes in UFOs, the guy who dropped out and the guy who last held public office somewhere around 1855.”

He also said the New York senator should release documents in the Clinton presidential library that relate to her time in the White House during the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

But the former adviser to President Bush didn’t reserve all his criticism for Hillary Clinton, taking aim at her chief Democratic rival, Barack Obama, as well. He echoed recent Clinton campaign criticism of the Illinois senator’s “present” votes as a state representative and doubts about his relative lack of national experience. He also blasted him for a voting record that he described as “more liberal” than Clinton’s – “and that’s hard to do.”

The political strategist also had some advice for the Republicans in the race. As soon as the party has a nominee, said Rove, the candidate will have to “introduce themselves to the American people,” focus on “kitchen table” domestic issues like jobs and healthcare, “campaign aggressively in places where Republicans don't usually campaign” (including efforts to reach black, Latino and union voters), and present a positive vision on Iraq and the surge.

–CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand

Filed under: Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Karl Rove


Horace P Manure   January 16th, 2008 3:44 pm ET

Stay away from politics Rove - you'll shoot your eye out.

Mary, Michigan   January 16th, 2008 3:45 pm ET

He's so scary. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Nicholas, Raleigh, NC   January 16th, 2008 3:47 pm ET

Rove was the wizard behind the worst president in history. Lets heed his advice.

Mel in Missoula   January 16th, 2008 3:48 pm ET

Yeah Rove has a lot of room to talk about Clinton's needing to release documents!

Brianm0122   January 16th, 2008 3:48 pm ET

That's nice, karl.

Say when is the indictment coming?

pth   January 16th, 2008 3:49 pm ET

This is the man that advised the worst president possibly of all time. He is irrelevant and a scab on the history of american politics. Ask john mccain.

Bob   January 16th, 2008 3:51 pm ET

Who in the world cares what Karl Rove says?

Honestly, when it comes to politics, I don't listen to anybody who was too lazy to earn a college degree! He's no more knowledgeable in the field than his old boss and he's twice as repellent.

Niko   January 16th, 2008 3:51 pm ET

Here's a strategy: Go away! Or better yet, go hunting with Cheney.

Tom Davie   January 16th, 2008 3:52 pm ET

Everyone knew the 'undecided vote' was voting for Obama and Edwards.

What this really was is this :

- All of the candidates were on the ballot. Just because Obama and Edwards actual name wasnt on there doesnt mean people didnt vote for them.

It wasnt a case of Clinton being the only choice. If that was the case there would have been a standard undecided.

Calling it Clinton vs NOBODY is nothing but SPIN SPIN SPIN……

what is surprising is that without all the HYPING , and tapdancing by the media and the candidates, Hillary beats them both combined.

We shouldnt forget that . Its no small matter.

Edwards and Obama should be fortunate their name wasnt on the ballot. It would prove that just on name alone they get crushed by clinton.

Tommy   January 16th, 2008 3:52 pm ET

Ooohh Good lord. just when we think these people have faded away….

Steve, Chelsea, MI   January 16th, 2008 3:53 pm ET

A voting record "More liberal than Hillary" is very easy to do. She's the most conservative of the Dems running. I'll vote for her if she's on the ballot in November, but I voted against her yesterday.

Looks like Rove is already trying to take down the Dems this year, and he's not even being paid to do so.

Jeff, Iowa   January 16th, 2008 3:55 pm ET

Ahh…the Gospel, according to a proven liar and hypocrite.

Peter   January 16th, 2008 3:55 pm ET

"He also said the New York senator should release documents in the Clinton presidential library that relate to her time in the White House during the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton"

Rove, just to let you know how intelligent we are, that time is gone and we are in a new phase of campaign. You even think Obama was stupid not too let Hillary stoop that low. I think you treat the people of this country whose kids are in the war so foolish.

CR   January 16th, 2008 3:55 pm ET

Someone please tell Rove to crawl back under his rock and stay there. Nobody cares what he has to say.

John G, New York, NY   January 16th, 2008 3:57 pm ET

The master of Republican spin should be more concerned with damage control over his party producing the Congressman who lobbied for Al Qaeda. The Republicans have been mired in corruption for years (which was the main reason that they lost Congress in 2006). But having one of their own (in fact, a Reagan appointee to the U.N.) charged with money laundering and advocating for the materminds of 9/11 is nothing short of a political disaster for the GOP.

Sorry Rove…ya can't solve that one by having the guy enter country club rehab.

Another Steve   January 16th, 2008 3:57 pm ET

Rove, why don't you just crawl back under your rock. Haven't you done enough damage to this country already? No one is listening to you. Your irrelavent at this point in history.

Ben Dover   January 16th, 2008 3:58 pm ET

Karl:
Do you really, REALLY think after the GOP has outspent Dems on social welfare (prescription drugs), encouraged illegal immigration, no border fence, etc., that just before an election, your candidate can make promises and win???
Aside from Thompson and Paul, all the other candidates are conservative pretenders…wet their finger, realized which way the wind was blowing, and changed their positin

Peter   January 16th, 2008 3:58 pm ET

"and present their case on Iraq and the surge"
That is mccain.
Election rigged,case closed!

AM   January 16th, 2008 3:58 pm ET

WHO GIVES A HOOT ABOUT WHAT KARL ROVE SAYS???? What an idiot…

Robert in Albuquerque, NM   January 16th, 2008 3:59 pm ET

This just proves how worried the Republicans really are. What we need now is a Clinton- Obama ticket so we can, without question, crush the Republican machine and take back what they have stolen from us, our pride, our country and our freedom!

D2   January 16th, 2008 3:59 pm ET

Clinton / Rove 2008

pam Eugene OR   January 16th, 2008 3:59 pm ET

This is the guy that Hillary takes lessons from. Attack, attack, attack then when you are almost down attack again.
One short day after Hillary agreed to a truce she is out attacking Obama on his paperwork skills for Gods sake. She just couldn't stand it. Carl taught her well and it will not be pretty when he turns it on her.
This guy is indeed scary.

Ginny   January 16th, 2008 4:00 pm ET

If Rove is dissing Hillary and Obama, he's scared. None of the Republican candidates please enough of the Republican base to give any one of them enough votes to win in November. Obviously he thinks that either Clinton or Obama could beat any Republican. So now he's out stirring the pot, offering unsolicited advice in an attempt to create dissension between the candidates and Democratic voters. I guess I'm still an optimist because I believe that, after Rove masterminded the last two lowest of low Republican campaigns, American Democratic voters will not be fooled by his meddling in their races this time.

Jude   January 16th, 2008 4:00 pm ET

What is Karl Rove’s legacy?

"A man who propelled and masterminded the most unpopular and disastrous administration in modern USA history.

But how can his criticism or advice be taken seriously????

Karen   January 16th, 2008 4:02 pm ET

Where is the RNC? This falls under "what were they thinking". They must believe they have no chance of winning if they are allowing him to speak.

adam   January 16th, 2008 4:03 pm ET

First off, I agree with everyone so far. Like a comment from Karl Rove means anything. It is hard to be disliked more than Bush, but Karl proves it can be done. Also, Karl (sorry for those who are upset I am not calling him Mr. Rove, but you need to earn respect for that) is being very ignorant. Just because Hillary was the only name (of the big three) on the ballot doesn't meen she is running against nobody. Obama and Edwards are still in the race and this was a way for the people of Michigan to still have a voice even though their Democratic committee made the mistake of moving up its primary and stripping the state of its Democratic delagates.

Larry   January 16th, 2008 4:06 pm ET

And all of this coming from Karl who is lower than a snakes belly!

S Williams, Tampa   January 16th, 2008 4:08 pm ET

Can't we just deport this guy?

To Guantanamo?

Will, Manchester, NH   January 16th, 2008 4:08 pm ET

Great points Rove. Very much appreciated. But please go back to hell..

RF, NJ   January 16th, 2008 4:08 pm ET

Karl, Since you brought up the topic of releasing documents, I'd like to see the "intelligence" documents regarding the weapons of mass destruction.

Kent   January 16th, 2008 4:08 pm ET

I love how Rove spoused that she couldn't pull a major win against "Nobody." Obviously he never read the major Obama and Edwards push to have all their people vote uncommited instead of voting for Clinton. The fact is she still got 55% of the vote. So, Rove, 20% goes to Obama, 20% to Edwards, she would've still won, and you wouldn't be talking! You're a genius, a brilliant genius.. in the way a rock is.

GRB   January 16th, 2008 4:10 pm ET

yuck. he's gross

Chris, Middletown, CT   January 16th, 2008 4:12 pm ET

While I don't agree with Karl Rove - Democrats need to understand - we don't just dislike Hillary…we are smart enough to hate her….and we scratch our head when she has any support - it seems as though all her supporters are masters of spinning her ambiguous answers - to explain away her contradictory positions - her support and non-support for licensing illegal aliens - and then embracing her mentors policies with a mandated universal healthcare plan (that will cost us billions for a sub-par healthcare system) - btw….her mentor was Saul Alinsky….and Saul was a grass roots Marxist….- and it goes on and on and one….and we all ask ourselves the same question "we can't be that dumb….can we?"

Mindy Chatsworth, California   January 16th, 2008 4:13 pm ET

I guess I have had my laugh for today. Now that I have read Rove's so-called "analysis" of Clinton and Obama, it's obvious that he is desperately trying to demean these two strong Democratic contenders so that the filed of pathetic Republican wannabes will not look as bad as they really are. What a joke!

Rove thinks that if you repeat lies often enough, they become accepted as truth. I don't think the American people are stupid enough to listen to this low life anymore. He trots out the same old propaganda about the Democrats and tries to paint them as far out leftists or worse, and then gives suggestions to the current lame crop of Republican candidates as to exactly how they can pull a rabbit out of a hat and manage to win in November.

If the Republicans try to run on this president's record, then they will lose in a landslide. Since when did they care about the middle class working people of this country? When they enacted that huge tax break for the weathiest two percent of the people? When they invaded Iraq and spent billions of dollars and put us in debt to the tune of trillions of dollars, instead of investing that money at home on healthcare, education, infrastructure, etc? When they engaged in illegal warrantless surveillance on Americans in direct violation of the Constitution? Or how about "No Child Left Behind"? Great idea, they just forgot to fund it. What about all of the jobs that are being outsourced overseas? What about the mortgage crisis?

Rove, do us all a favor and go crawl back under that rock where you belong.

Don   January 16th, 2008 4:13 pm ET

Karl,

No one likes you. No one respects you. Now be gone, before somebody drops a house on you, too!

Mike   January 16th, 2008 4:14 pm ET

Can the media outlets stop reporting on this parasite, then maybe he will just go away…

Matt   January 16th, 2008 4:14 pm ET

CNN! PLEASE STOP GIVING THIS MAN COVERAGE! HE IS POISONOUS TO BOTH PARTIES, AND A DETRIMENT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!

Teacher   January 16th, 2008 4:15 pm ET

A bright orange jump suit will look really good on this guy.He can teach the other inmates how to black mail the warden and other great tricks.

Dave in Houston   January 16th, 2008 4:15 pm ET

Why is CNN devoting space to Karl Rove's thoughts about the Democrats?

Let's have James Carville commenting about the Republicans!!

Equal time.

Paul   January 16th, 2008 4:15 pm ET

Are you serious? Who cares what Karl Rove thinks? In one year's time, nobody will even care what George W Bush thinks either. Karl Rove is out, and he should stay out. I don't understand why CNN is giving headline to someone who doesn't even hold any office any more.

Kim   January 16th, 2008 4:17 pm ET

Hey - I live and work in Michigan, and the announcement was made that voters should select the "uncommitted" if they would have voted for Obama, Edwards, or anyone else who was not on the ballot.

So Rove, what a tool.

Corey, Bloomington IN   January 16th, 2008 4:18 pm ET

Well his first point is one I've been waiting to hear all day. Otherwise he's an idiot.

Monte Brown, New York, NY   January 16th, 2008 4:22 pm ET

Karl Roves fears Hillary the most because her achievements, when elected, will send the right wing ideology into the abyss. Roves needs to STOP HATING.

Roland   January 16th, 2008 4:22 pm ET

why would anyone care what this bafoon says?

*YAWN*

Billy   January 16th, 2008 4:25 pm ET

Tell Carl Rove to shut up. He has already screwed up the country enough.

Tony   January 16th, 2008 4:25 pm ET

I can't believe I clicked a link that had Karl Rove in it. Who is he to decide what enough "national" experience is. Bush Jr. had no national experience, but he's pretty dumb so I kind of expected his failures. I'm looking forward to good things from either Obama or Clinton!!!

Becky   January 16th, 2008 4:28 pm ET

And these words of wisdom from the man who helped make GW our wonderful President….OH MY GOODNESS…..ROVE go back and get under that rock in Texas where you belong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

OC   January 16th, 2008 4:28 pm ET

Go AWAY Karl!!!!!! Your name is all over the "worst" administration in history.

Brad, Charleston, SC   January 16th, 2008 4:29 pm ET

QUIT GIVING THIS UNETHICAL, UNAMERICAN JERK MEDIA ATTENTION! THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I READ ANYTHING DOING WITH THIS CRIMINAL!

LARRY   January 16th, 2008 4:30 pm ET

Why are we continuing to make this guy news? His true colors show everytime he opens his mouth. He has been "Roveing" people all the way back to Ann
Richards in Texas. He twists the truth until it just becomes a lie. Of course,
all of his co-workers and Rush Limbaugh declare that he is such a fine person.
Look at what he did to John McCain in South Carolina 8 years ago. The lies spread about that man were beyond the pale.
Bush seems helpless without him and we need to let him fade away.
It will be years before we will really know all the damage done to this country by these yahoo's.

Shawn   January 16th, 2008 4:31 pm ET

"He also said the New York senator should release documents in the Clinton presidential library that relate to her time in the White House during the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton."

Maybe when Rove relases his documents!!

Get real, like anyone could care what Karl Rove thinks! What a Looser!

Infatuation   January 16th, 2008 4:31 pm ET

Can we be sure Hillary and Dough-Boy didnt really go to grammer school together where Hillary beat him up every day and took his lunch money.He really loves her and wants his money back. lol

Bradley Schaubs, Greeley, CO   January 16th, 2008 4:32 pm ET

You STILL talking, Rove? Yikes, what's it gonna take to get you to shut that big hole in your head?

JM, OH   January 16th, 2008 4:33 pm ET

Adam is completely correct. The "uncommitted" spot on the ballot could arguably have read "Obama & Edwards" which would mean that Hillary beat both of them. Realisticly, though, you cannot draw any conclusions from the votes. Because you can cross party lines to vote in Michigan, many Democrats decided to place their vote for the Republican candidate who they thought their Democratic candidate could most easily beat in a general election. I believe that many Democrats chose this option because a vote for their favorite Dem was meaningless. Many other Democrats probably just stayed home because of the delegates being stripped away.

By the way, why is CNN still giving Rove the headlines? Bush is the gun that is killing our great country and Rove is the man that loaded it.

AJ, IL   January 16th, 2008 4:34 pm ET

Karl Rove is a funny looking and funny acting guy. First when Hillary was perceived as the Democratic front-runner he was blasting her and "giving" Obama advice through the media on how to take on Hillary. Then Obama won Iowa and was looking to win New Hamsphire and then Rove starting bashing Obama. Now that both Obama and Hillary each have a win under their belts, Rove doesn't know who to bash so he bashes them both.

OBAMA in '08!

TNYC   January 16th, 2008 4:35 pm ET

Evil. Just evil.

mommadona   January 16th, 2008 4:36 pm ET

STEP AWAY FROM THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, MR. ROVE….and spread 'em.

Put DOWN that rolodex and just walk away slowly.
Now, sir, you are under arrest.
Anything you say could be and will be held against you in court.
You have the right to an attorney - I won't bother with the rest.
You can afford a good one.

Now,
"CUFF 'EM, DANNO…."

Farrell, Houston, Tx   January 16th, 2008 4:36 pm ET

Democrats and Independents be aware, Karl Rove is the Republicans "attack dog" who can't be trusted and he is not riding the fence. The only message he has here is FEAR and for democrats to be suspicious of their choice of candidates. We have more unanswered questions about Karl Rove, Bush and Cheney that we will never get due to "executive priviledge".

Greg M.   January 16th, 2008 4:38 pm ET

Karl Rove is the last person who should criticize Barack Obama's lack of national experience. Obama at least has three more years of national experience than G.W. Bush did. On the other hand, maybe this is Rove's back-handed way of admitting that he made a mistaking in foisting Dubya on us.

Bob   January 16th, 2008 4:38 pm ET

Go Karl……. You thought Hillary cried when asked about her hair, wait untill Karl gets a hold of her. She has more skeletons in her closet then a morg. I will admit Bush was a bad President yet he manged to get him re elected.

GO KARL ……….AMERICA NEEDS YOU TO SAVE US FROM THE CLINTONS AND MORE TERRORIST ATTACKS LIKE WHEN BILL WAS PRESIDENT.

suzy   January 16th, 2008 4:38 pm ET

Isn't it pretty simple really?
- Hillary - 55%
- ALL the other Dem candidates INCLUDING the "uncommitted" - 45%

Is that not a win?????? please……
GO HILLARY!!!!!!

Wayne, Greenville TX   January 16th, 2008 4:42 pm ET

Why isn't this "man" behind bars yet????

Terry, El Paso, TX   January 16th, 2008 4:43 pm ET

Most people don't realize how dangerous Conservatism has become. First, the Conservative Leadership - very different people than the rank-and-file Conservative voters out there - do not believe in democracy. They believe that they are right, that they are entitled to govern, and that elections are only useful if the put Conservatives in office. They do not believe that Liberals, Feminists, or anyone other than themselves has a right to govern, no matter how many votes they get.

I was actually worried that if Bush lost the 2004 election narrowly, that Conservatives would choose to stay in power despite the election results. They could tie a few close states up with court challenges to their election results and appeal to the Supreme Court where they had five safe votes for Conservatism regardless of the facts of the case. Fortunately, it did not turn out that way.

Rove and his ilk are committed to Conservatism, not Democracy. Rove's comments are just an effort to stir the pot a little. We have to learn to disregard what Conservatives say, because they don't mean that stuff. We have to pay attention to what they do, which is very different from what they say they are doing.

Conservative voters, I regret to say, are suckers. They vote for Gay Marriage Prohibition and they get a multi-trillion dollar deficit. They vote for a Flag Burning Amendment and they get their jobs outsourced. They vote for a manger scene in the town square in December and they lose their health insurance. They vote for free trade and they get Exxon, Haliburton, and Enron.

Ah, well, Happy New Year

Bill, Chicago, IL   January 16th, 2008 4:45 pm ET

Look, Rove is completely irrelevant and pretty much always has been. Can't you just stop printing the garbage that continually comes out of his mouth?

KDOC   January 16th, 2008 4:46 pm ET

Karl Rove is an evil man. Does he really think that the win Hillary Clinon logged is a waste? She didn't just win. It showed that even if the other candidates were on the ballot she would have won anyway. Mr. Rove really thinks that people are too stupid to figure this stuff out for themselves. If you simply peel back the layers Mr. Rove and the Republican Party is so afraid of going up against Mrs. Clinton that their heads are spinning. No matter what they say publicly, behind closed doors they know they cannot win over her. She is just too strong a candidate and they just can't stand it. All the dirt on her is already known so there is nothing they can try to destroy her with in the General Election. The other two candidates are not vetted yet so they know there will be things they can exploit about them. The people are voting for her no matter what her baggage because our country is in a very bad place now and the people are scared, very scared. We know that she has the knowledge and the ability to try and do something about it and do it quickly. If she can not do it herself she knows who to go to to get it done and done right. She has been there and done that. Our country needs a wise and battled tested warrior and I truly believe that she is it.

JANET   January 16th, 2008 4:48 pm ET

OH! ACCORDING TO YOUR POLLS WHICH I WOULD SURE LIKE TO BE THERE WHEN YOU COME UP WITH THESE FIGURES EXCEPT PULL THEM OUT OF THE AIR TO FIT YOUR PURPOSE BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONLY PEOPLE VOTING FOR HILARY IN MICHIGAN WERE WHITE,WOMEN, OLDER AND LOWER INCOME WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THAT. I GOT TO VOTE FOUR TIMES.

reed   January 16th, 2008 4:48 pm ET

Karl Rove is a tratior to the United States.. He should be treated like anyother tratior…

Tom Davie   January 16th, 2008 4:52 pm ET

I cant get over the fact so many people spell 'loser' . …….'looser' .

God Bless America   January 16th, 2008 4:52 pm ET

Go finish your bachelor degree Mr. Rove!. Please, leave the matter to the American people.

Tony D San Diego   January 16th, 2008 4:52 pm ET

This from the blithering idiot that wanted to convince the United Nations that cartoon drawings proved that Iraq was a threat.

Eric, Chicago,IL   January 16th, 2008 4:55 pm ET

CNN,

Please stop covering Karl Rove. No one believes him. Even Republicans hate him, because he makes their party look like a collection of raving mad lunatics (could you imagine if the entire Republican party consisted of Karl Rove clones?)

Coming from a person who supports Ron Paul, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, PLEASE stop providing this criminal with a media outlet.

Duop, Colorado   January 16th, 2008 4:55 pm ET

Rove, how much were you paid by Swift-boat?

Raj   January 16th, 2008 4:57 pm ET

Karl, you need to run and you need to hide. Please fade away.

Steve, Pennsylvania   January 16th, 2008 4:58 pm ET

Seeing as how just about any actual liberal is more liberal than Hillaray, saying that Obama's more liberal than her doesn't mean much.

Seriously, why is this guy still talking?

Duop, Colorado   January 16th, 2008 4:58 pm ET

Who cares, he is cray.

Patricia   January 16th, 2008 5:01 pm ET

This comment comes from a man who quit his job becuase he was doing dishonest things while in his position. How dare you Karl Rove! How dare you!

Black Man, Philly PA   January 16th, 2008 5:03 pm ET

Let's all hope Hispanics in Nevada wise up and make a change. Don't vote status-quo because you will only get more of the same. Regardless of Hillary's self proclaimed experience, she will only divide the country, and the minority will suffer the most. Believe me, she will not be able to get anything done, because all her time will be spent fighting with people that are at odds. It's reckless for the country to vote in the Clintons. Straight Talk.

Vote Obama.

Christian, Tampa FL   January 16th, 2008 5:06 pm ET

The more Karl Rove speaks out against the democratic candidates, the more I like them.

Brendan H., San Antonio, TX   January 16th, 2008 5:07 pm ET

Why isn't Rove in prison?!?!?!?!?!

And how did he manage to attend 9 different colleges/universities and not get a degree/!

Texan for Obama   January 16th, 2008 5:09 pm ET

suzy - no it is not a win.
Many people knew that the Michigan vote did not count so they did not come out to vote. The results would have been much different if Obama and Edwards had not removed their names from the ballot as the National Democratic party wanted all three candidates to do. Hillary has no integrity and only stayed on the ballot apparently so her name would stay in the press over one more issue.

g   January 16th, 2008 5:09 pm ET

I am voting for Hillary. But like some of you, I will support the party no matter who they send and I like that we can rally behind the party to get the current mess cleaned up.

From The North   January 16th, 2008 5:11 pm ET

I HAVE A QUESTION.

Why do you people validate the vile specimen of humanity namely Karl Rove by giving substance to his vicious injectures with your presence on this blog?

You are giving him what he most desires, Your Attention and Criticism!

Every hear of the old cliche, if you ignore them enough they will go away.
Try It. We could all benefit from the absence of such a inferior specimen of humanity.

Thank You.

Jose   January 16th, 2008 5:12 pm ET

Rove,

Your neo-con buddies are DOA. Romney, McCain, Thompson, Giuliani, and Hunter will not win the Republican Ticket. 50 percent of Republicans don't even like you or your President. They want change from Bush in the highest possible way. If you haven't seen the first two contest, the democrats, independents, and republicans are voting against you guys in droves. The Dems will win the White House and then you're going to jail.

Do America a very patriotic duty, the same way that Nixon did. Bury yourself in a ditch and GO AWAY. You sir are a charlatan. A flim-flam man who has decieved Americans for long enough. We aren't drinking Neo-Con Kool Aid anymore. Change is the order of the day, and you are proverbial wall standing in the way of the wrecking ball.

Sincerely,

An American Voter Demanding Change.

jennifer   January 16th, 2008 5:17 pm ET

Bob… you're just as sorry a specimen as Rove. Bush was guilty of being out to lunch regarding terrorism too. However, GET OVER IT the American people are beyond fear mongering and bad cowboy disease. Time you republicans stopped trying to remove the splinter from the Democrats eye all the while ignoring the plank in your own.

Chad   January 16th, 2008 5:18 pm ET

Why is this guy NOT in JAIL……thanks to HIM and that great President BUSH & "VISE"-president along with THAT "administration"…the working people is SO strain & stress…..we don't have time to demand this …BUT LOOK-OUT in NOV.

Gary, Detroit, Mich.   January 16th, 2008 5:21 pm ET

Karl Rove is a waste of oxygen. Period.

amandi anaeze   January 16th, 2008 5:22 pm ET

pls somebody should engage uncle carl as a campaign manager or is there the fear that he carries with him a bagage that cannot be dropped off so early?

Tom, Miami, FL   January 16th, 2008 5:23 pm ET

Bob, who was president when the 9/11 attack happened? And when the 1993 world trade center bombing occurred, wasn't it exactly 8 years before the next major attack on US soil? So…what exactly did Rove and Bush do to prevent ANOTHER attack that Clinton didn't do between 1993-2000? Yes, there were attacks on american interests abroad, but the total combined casualties and financial cost to america were a drop in the bucket compared to the absolute and total mess in Iraq.

The entire concept that the Bush administration "kept us safe" is a complete and total myth perpetrated by Rove and swallowed hook line and sinker by those not informed enough or motivated to become informed enough to know the difference.

The central argument in favor of the war (depending, of course, on which day it is since the reasons for going in/staying in seem to change with the desert winds) is that "we're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here." To that, I say BS. In 1993 we were attacked and we did not respond by invading and occupying a country that had nothing to do with said attacks. Was there a swell in domestic terror attacks? Nope, not even close. But assume for a second that there was or that there would have been - the very argument that "we're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here" is probably the most arrogant, condescending and demeaning thing to say to those troops actually picking up arms and fighting for us over there. This from the (only) party who "supports the troops." What they're essentially saying is that we'll send in a bunch of poor people (only a very small fraction of the occupying force has any connection whatsoever to those in power making the decisions to send them there as is inherent with a volunteer army) as bait. As long as they're running around with targets on their backs invading and occupying a foreign country, the terrorists will be too busy trying to kill them to try and kill us over here. Aaah, to be a republican. Where the world is simple enough to be black and white. Good and bad. Summarized in few enough words that even George Bush can almost remember them all.

Matt M AZ   January 16th, 2008 5:34 pm ET

While it is important to point out that Karl Rove was the wizard behind much of the Bush administration's tactics, if not policies, it is also important to remind ourselves that enough of us fell for it that Bush served 2 terms.

It isn't as if the truth about Rove wasn't evident all along; that people have only recently awakened to the crooked ways of Bush and Rove is truly more disturbing than Bush and Rove themselves.

So the responsibility goes on the shoulders of the American people who put Bush in via Rove. Twice.

wisconsin ind voter   January 16th, 2008 5:35 pm ET

WOW, so much hate out of all you dems, just ignore him and he will go away, now be nice.

Ilene, Livonia MI   January 16th, 2008 5:35 pm ET

Shouldn't Rove be in jail??/ Why is he allowed to get up and express a opinion on anything to do with this election???

Taylor   January 16th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

Well, Karl Rove disliking Obama and Clinton makes me like the two of them even more.

Amar, Milwaukee, WI   January 16th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

Republicans have no right to speak! You lost your chances in 2000 and 2004 when you voted in morons to office.

Not to mention you guys voted in Republican closet gay Larry Craig and Republican al Queda backer Mark Siljander. How can you guys speak with such candor? Put your tail between your legs and walk away.

connie floyd, crockett,texas   January 16th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

i can't even believe this. rove you are obsolete and so is your party, your president and hopefully you will be starring in msnbc lock-up series!!!ha! ha!

Ruth -Az   January 16th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

I'm suprised anyone lets him make any comments. He is a criminal, I don't care if he took a fall for someone else. I am just amazed that anyone gives his voice any air time. Next thing you know he will be running for prez.

Sam, Lincoln,NE   January 16th, 2008 5:45 pm ET

Hey Bob: At least Hillary HAS hair. Have you looked at Rove's head lately, or is that his butt?

GO HILLARY…AMERICA NEEDS YOU TO SAVE US FROM PEOPLE LIKE KARL ROVE AND MORONS LIKE BOB.

Dee Ward Mena, AR   January 16th, 2008 5:50 pm ET

This just proves what my husband and I have been saying all along. The republicans are scared to death of Hillary. They want obama to win because they think they can beat him and they know they can't bet Hillary. Keep it up karl, keep bashing Hillary and she will be sure to get more votes because everyone hates you so much they would vote for Hillary if for no other reason then to show you how stupid people think or I should say KNOW you are. You and your bunch are the biggest crooks to ever enter the white house and it takes a lot of nerve to ask Hillary to release papers, which by the way she said they could be released, when this has been the most secretive administration in the history of this country. Where are the tapes of the torture, where is the proof of the WMD's. Why was there a SECRET CHENEY energy meeting with the big oil people. And the secrets go on and on and are too numerous to mention. Oh yes, unlawful wire taping for one more. I agree, he would look so much better in an orange jump suit with the rest of his cronies dressed just like him. Get a life and get out of ours…

This sucks.   January 16th, 2008 5:51 pm ET

Yes, Karl Rove is an idiot. Our whole democratic system is a joke. Hillary and Obama are the best available? I wouldn't vote for either one. The Republicans are not any better. Bush junior getting elected in the first place was a joke. The smart people in this country don't get a chance. My vote is for Lewis Black.

Leah DiMarco, TX   January 16th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

suzy-
No it is not pretty simple. Tens of thousands of voters did not come out and vote because they knew that the Michigan vote did not count with only Hillary on the ballot. So the results would have been much different if it had been a true race.

Teacher   January 16th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

The Elites really do want Hillary to win.Thats the real reason Rove is out here sheperding votes to her.The Elites want her to win because she will do what ever they want her to do once shes in office.They dont care about which party gets in .Its a win- win for them.WAKE UP AMERICA they are rigging the election before your very eyes.They worry about some of the other people that may have chance to get in and rock the boat!

Mary   January 16th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

Why would anyone put anything out that this criminal has said? I wonder if they will be printing his statements when he is in jail… no wait…I forgot who is still the president.

Concerned Citizen, IN   January 16th, 2008 6:14 pm ET

Again the Hillary supporters have no concept of reality. We have NO IDEA how many people just did not vote at all. Think about it. You are going to get off your couch, or take time off work to go intentionally not vote for Hillary?

What is the point when no delegates are being handed out. I would be more interested in some polling to indicate how many people didn't vote because their person wasn't on the ballot.

constant   January 16th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

The village idiot has spoken!!
shhhhh…if we ignore him he might go away.

jp/michigan   January 16th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

Karl you need to get a hobby. Who cares what you have to say. I see the GOP doesn't even want you and your reputation GO HILLARY!

Niko   January 16th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

Suzy, you're right. Congratulations to Hillary on her 0 delegates won.

Kyle Indianapolis, Indiana   January 16th, 2008 6:52 pm ET

Who cares about Rove? I thought he was dead.

aware   January 16th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

Just ignore Rove CNN. It makes you look bad to give him credibility with an article!
:(

Darth Vadik, CA   January 16th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

I think we have had enough of Rove's opinions in the last 20 years.
If he is not careful he will end up like OJ.

OJ could have walked into the sunset a free man (he is guilty by the way), but no, OJ just had to keep coming back.

Now he's going to end up in jail, not for murder, but intimidation.

Same with Rove, he got away with treason, but he better not even get a traffic ticket after Gerorge W is out of the whithouse.

He should just walk into the sunset.

SM, Michigan   January 16th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

OK Karl,
The House is FINALLY taking action against your bud Cheney. Get ready for a subpoena with your name on it!

Amused, Las Vegas   January 16th, 2008 7:04 pm ET

January 16, 2008 4:38 pm ET

Go Karl……. You thought Hillary cried when asked about her hair, wait untill Karl gets a hold of her. She has more skeletons in her closet then a morg. I will admit Bush was a bad President yet he manged to get him re elected.

You think after how hard the Republicans and the Clinton-haters have tried to get both Hillary and Bill to leave the public stage, there is a closet that hasn't been opened?

Karls been after them for years. There's no "there" there, that hasn't already been tried and failed. Bill was re-elected president, Hillary re-elected as senator.

Anonymous   January 16th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

ISN'T THAT FUNNY WHEN AN AMERICAN ACT IN SUCH A WAY?

Ed winter park fl   January 16th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

karl is lovesick someone by him a ticket to the GOP office in the minneapolis airport bathroom where he can again join in some GOP type solutions.

Duop Chak, Colorado   January 16th, 2008 7:18 pm ET

Rove,
Do you think your attacks to Democratic candidates will benefit Republicans candidates? I don’t think so—this is all about what the public will decide on November 6, 08.

Sean McM   January 16th, 2008 7:18 pm ET

Once a nerd, always a nerd! He keeps getting press coverage when he, Rumsfeld, Chaney and Bush should be held accountable for their actions and neglect …..he is not the only voter in this country, so please know that his disruptive opinions are NOT appreciated.

ScaredforFuture   January 16th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

If Karl Rove isn't the devin incarnate then I don't know who is…

Honorable Kansas Vet   January 16th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

The only place I want to hear from Rove is at his Treason trial.

anewdaypost.com   January 16th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

Nobody’s second place finish in Michigan

On Tuesday, With no other major candidates names on the ballot, Hillary Clinton was able to get 55% of the vote in the Michigan Democratic primary, but the real story on Wednesday should be the 225,506 + who left their house and went down to their precinct, knowing their state had been striped of its delegates, and voted uncommitted.

When “nobody” runs against her, “nobody” starts with 40%. And “nobody” didn’t even have to campaign. “Nobody” spent no money in this race. “Nobody” didn’t even run one add. What happens when you add John McCain or Rudy Giuliani in place of “nobody”?

As democrats we have to think long and hard about nominating a candidate who is so divisive. We shouldn’t spend these preciously important years ahead re-fighting old fights or addressing political grudges. If we are what we say we are than we must love our country more than this, and choose a leader who can bring Americans together. Our society’s needs are too great, the time to pivotal, for anything but fundamental change backed by broad-based support from the American people. Senator Obama proved in Iowa he can do this, and nobody proved it on Tuesday.

Anonymous   January 16th, 2008 7:38 pm ET

R etarded O oblivious V icious E gotastical moron

I gnorant n arcissistic

0 votes from me 8 votes from the Bush cabinet

Shirley   January 16th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

Why doesn't he sit down and shut up? I have had all I can stand from this devious manipulator that ruined our country. I thought we were rid of him. I am always amazed that he has the guts to cricize ANY of the candidates. What arrogance!!!!

Sandy, St. Paul, MN   January 16th, 2008 7:41 pm ET

If Rove says it, then it must be a lie, a fabrication, a corruption, or gosh, maybe just a stupid comment. Love him or hate him, at least he's consistently a moron.

Paul C, Palmetto Bay, FL   January 16th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Truly words from the Master.

He was able to convince millions of gullible Americans to vote for the worse president ever created so he knows how the game is played.

Norman   January 16th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

The best part of any thing that Mr. Rove has to say is not to listen.

Just look at what his party has accomplished here in the United States.

Thanks for nothing.

Norman (Maryland Voter)

Susan   January 16th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Who cares what Karl Rove thinks (except Karl Rove and CNN)?

Buster, San Diego   January 16th, 2008 7:43 pm ET

The slimy attack machine is starting its engines. It is the same Karl Rove who almost got indicted in Valerie Plame leak case. That slime ball is at it again even before there the nominations are over. Everybody knows his dirty tactics and who cares about his "advice", just ask McCain in South Carolina in 2000. He needs to count his last days in solitary confinement for all the murder and mayhem he has caused in Iraq. I hope the Democrats when they take the helm in 2009 will prosecute this criminal and make him pay for the all the crimes committed against this great nation.

Mike Orlando, FL   January 16th, 2008 7:44 pm ET

Who cares what he has to say. The root of all evil.

Gil - California   January 16th, 2008 7:44 pm ET

What is the matter Rove, are you afraid once you are in jail that you won't be able to get your idiotic words published in the press?

You and your kind are the reason I left the Republican party several years ago.

DJ, new york, ny   January 16th, 2008 7:45 pm ET

I am deeply disturbed by karl rove's comments. He is as worse as when he worked for Bush.

Regardless of how rove spins it, the 40% "nobody" includes obama, edwards, richardson and biden, because their names are not on the ballot, and their supporters could not find their names of the ballot, and thus voted "uncommitted".

In other words, Hillary's 55% won decisively against these 40% "nobody" (obama, edwards, biden, richardson), and 5% somebody (gravel, dodd, and kucinich).

DM   January 16th, 2008 7:46 pm ET

It is a disgrace for CNN to even consider covering a story about Karl Rove after he left politics in disgrace. This story is worthless since Karl Rove will criticize the Democratic candidates for no good reason just for Republican support.

columbus, oh   January 16th, 2008 7:47 pm ET

Hey Karl! How are the dance lessons coming?

Henry   January 16th, 2008 7:48 pm ET

Karl Rove polical career is over. Who care about him. He is history and nobody ever beleive in a word he said period.

rew   January 16th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

CNN
Seriously how can you spread Karl Rove Propaganda? this is a Criminal. he should be sitting in Jail. C'mon.. are you Kidding me? You are either becoming Aljazeera network or its afilliate.

A Martin   January 16th, 2008 7:55 pm ET

Is that the same Rove that gave Obama advice on how to beat Clinton and then attacked Obama on his lack of leadership in the senate? So, which one is it, Mr. Rove? Since you've proven that you can't give a straight answer anyway, I'm not expecting one from you…

And you just proved my other point: we don't need a political "strategist" as a president, we need someone new, someone untainted by politics, someone who realizes that the separation between democrats and republicans is archaic and no longer represents the interest of this nation. And I only see one democratic candidate meeting those requirements…

Sick O'TheMachine   January 16th, 2008 7:55 pm ET

Hey Karl isn't there a job at Haliburton or Blackwater waiting for you? IMPEACH BUSH AND PUT ALL OF THESE MURDERERS AND THEIVES IN PRISON!!! TAKE THE COUNTRY BACK FROM THESE ANIMALS!

Lisla Lee, Dallas, TX   January 16th, 2008 7:57 pm ET

Wait, this idiot is calling for Hillary to "release documents", and isn't this the same person who has thumbed his nose at every request for documents from him the entire time he was in Georgie's White House? This guy is a major creep scum bag with a capital GOP. People should be screaming for his head for more than one transgression committed while in Washington. How he has evaded prosecution time & again is just beyond me. He is a liar & manipulator to the max.

Swede   January 16th, 2008 7:57 pm ET

Hillary's a neo marxist.
She's got my vote.

Martin, Redwood City, CA   January 16th, 2008 7:59 pm ET

328,151 people came out to vote for Hillary in a 'meaningless' election for the democratic race. 337,847 people came out to vote for Romney in what many regarded as a must win election for one of the leading Republican candidates. McCain in second place got 257,521 votes. On the Democratic side there were 236,723 folks who bothered to vote "Uncomitted". WOW!

Mr. Rove … you will need more than 'spin' to save Republicans in the '08 elections. That makes me very very happy!

Nicole   January 16th, 2008 8:00 pm ET

Does anyone believe for what he have to say, for he couldn't answer on the CIA leak?

wm j. - dallas, tx.   January 16th, 2008 8:03 pm ET

that bodes well for Obama. There were alot of "uncommitteds" and we know what that meant in Michigan ! .. .. ..

Steve, Huntington Beach CA   January 16th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

LOL…Rove says Clinton should release documents…now that's funny.

Steve   January 16th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

Who is Karl Rove and why is anyone listening to him? He is a nobody, a has-been, a "former" smart-ass of the worst administration in history. His remarks mean nothing. He is history and his problem is, he knows it. SWF

V. Leonard   January 16th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

"I am voting for Hillary. But like some of you, I will support the party no matter who they send and I like that we can rally behind the party to get the current mess cleaned up."

DITTO!

Raman, Plano TX   January 16th, 2008 8:05 pm ET

With due respect, Mr. Rove, your advice (except for helping Pres. GW Bush win his elections), has ended up created huge problems for Bush administration and US public at large.

Can you please postpone your advisory till presidential election 2012?

Rich In Seattle   January 16th, 2008 8:05 pm ET

Having Karl Rove disagree with you means you must be on the right track. If I were the Republicans I wouldn't want this guy on my side, makes them look bad. But hey, it's not it's that hard to do….

Tom Paine   January 16th, 2008 8:07 pm ET

What is newsworthy about the spin that the discredited Karl Rove places on election results? What is CNN's agenda in publishing this disinformation?

I believe that we should shun Karl Rove for his conduct by ignoring anything he says or writes.

Noah   January 16th, 2008 8:07 pm ET

CNN,

You continue to instigate partisan discourse in our country by covering this type of story. Your coverage enables Rove to be relevant to the political discussion. Please make the responsible decision to filter important stories to your readers.

Of course, I'm equally guilty by reading this story. Hopefully, both of us can do a better job of focusing on stories that are not sensational simply for the sake of gathering our attention.

frank Honolulu HI   January 16th, 2008 8:07 pm ET

worried Karl?

Carole Ca   January 16th, 2008 8:09 pm ET

Janet: No you didn't.

proud florida democrat   January 16th, 2008 8:09 pm ET

Hillary has no integrety!!!!!?????!!!!!!!!!
well if you define integrity by denying 500,000 voters the right to voice their opinion. Then yes she has no integrity

Isnt it Obama who cares about voters rights (its one of the very few causes he stands for)
Well then why tell Michigan their votes dont count, shouldnt he take a stand on principle and say thats not right!!!!???
Why is he telling Florida (disenfranchised in 2000, Hillary spoke out, never heard obama) that we dont matter to him. WE ARE THE 4TH LARGEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY!!!!

For someone who stands on principle seems like hes making alot of calculated political decisions!!1

How is he going to unite everybody when he wont even come to Florida

Furthermore he has accused hillary of violating the pact to not campaign. YOU CAN DO FUNDRAISERS IN BOTH STATES!!!! ITS CLEARLY STATED AS OK.
Obama has done 2 one in miami which i went to and one in Tampa a friend attended. Sounds like the politics of the past

Uncommitted voters knew what it meant. In fact entire campaigns were centered around the uncommitted vote, Everybody in michigan knew about it when i visited over xmas break

shaun   January 16th, 2008 8:09 pm ET

I think this is the scariest man that ever lived, but he's a political genious. He was the mastermind behind getting elected the worst administration and president the world has ever seen, so if he can work those kind of miracles for a man that has little to no sense, no understanding on how to get anything done, than he can most definietely get someone into office thats the opposite of that. If I was barack I'd hire this man in a heartbeat, then fire him once your elected into the white house.

jane s, williamsburg   January 16th, 2008 8:14 pm ET

Karl Rove still gets under the skin of liberals , and i think he likes it that way !

arb   January 16th, 2008 8:14 pm ET

Why doesn't CNN ask Scooter Libby, Donald Rumsfeld, and all the other criminals what they think as well? I mean, this is getting ridiculous when people like Rove are given ANY coverage, and worse, taken seriously.

CNN, I give up.

Cameron   January 16th, 2008 8:14 pm ET

You are ALL miserable hateful people. History already shows that Mr. Karl Rove is a genius.

Carl   January 16th, 2008 8:14 pm ET

Karl Rove is a disgrace to American politics.

I really wish Democrats could take back the word "liberal" from the strangle hold of Republican propaganda and remind people of what it orignally meant.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Liberal

John F. Kennedy - Liberal

Theodore Rosevelt - Liberal

The list goes on and on. It's people like Karl Rove who've given the word "liberal" a bad name. Sad.

Sean   January 16th, 2008 8:15 pm ET

More spin about the completely meaningless Michigan vote.

What else would be expected from Rove though. Back under your rock please.

Tony   January 16th, 2008 8:15 pm ET

This coming from a man who has done more destruction to our constitutution and democracy than any person in most recent US history. Karl, you should be indicted for treason and put away for the rest of your life shackled. You could talk to your neighbors George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleeeeeeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeldt, Tom DeLay, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkings, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly!!!

Johnny Canuck   January 16th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

Hi brilliance is surpassed only by the luminosity of Anne Coulter !

Kevin   January 16th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

He is the epitome of what has been wrong with our government for the past 7 years.

Beck   January 16th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

Karl Rove should be in jail and stop running is mouth. He knows that Hillary can beat any republican and that's why the republicans are promoting Obama and trashing Hillary.
Beck

Vince Los Angeles, CA   January 16th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

I will never vote for Hillary Clinton no matter WHO she is running against. Furthermore, if she is selected as the Democratic nominee, I will IMMEDIATELY change my party affiliation to Indpendant.

Alex   January 16th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

To say that the uncommitted equaled Obama and Edwards is responsible, but you can't take anything from that because a lot of people did not go out to vote yesterday BECAUSE there votes did not matter. If both of their names had actually been on the ballot it would have been A LOT different. No one would have won more than 50%, period. The Democratic Race is not that decided yet.

DD   January 16th, 2008 8:23 pm ET

Speaking of nobody's, Karl needs to take a long, long look in the mirror. Who cares what this nobody has to say?

kevin   January 16th, 2008 8:23 pm ET

mr. Rove has no usefull comments in this campaign to make. I believe he is the source of an evil voice…a devicise force in politics of the past. This election is about change. Sorry mr. Rove you loser…go have a beer with Tom Delay and a good cry. Get over your man crush on GW..our country, our children…those who have died in Iraq, those whom you have robbed of healthcare and mortgaged their futures away………..do not give a rats butt about your self serving opinion, nor your misguided opinions. Go work for your corporate allies. Do not include the American people as a referance.

Steve, Seattle WA   January 16th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

And yet again, CNN lowers itself to the same level as this vile individual when they publicize his unsolicited bul..hit……

Lucy   January 16th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

Please CNN, you're so much better than this! Stop giving this evil man press time unless it's to announce that he's finally going off where he belongs - in jail.

Tim   January 16th, 2008 8:26 pm ET

I only wish CNN would stop saying what Rove says. Do they quote OJ Simpson on football?

John   January 16th, 2008 8:26 pm ET

Rove thinks Clinton should release records from the Clinton library? Rove's boss issued an Executive Order in 2001 that restricted release of the documents of former presidents and VPs, conveniently hiding those pertaining to his father under Reagan. How about returning to the 12-year rule for release of such records to the public, first.

R.G. CA   January 16th, 2008 8:27 pm ET

What!!! Did FOX take over CNN when I wasn't looking??
Keep covering Rove. Every time I see his name, it give me greater conviction that we need to vote out as many Republicans as we can in 2008.

The only news I wan't to see about Rove is that he's been indicted and is on his way to prison where he belongs.

Steve, Seattle WA   January 16th, 2008 8:27 pm ET

Cameron, you are joking, right??

Eric   January 16th, 2008 8:28 pm ET

It's nice….except nobody really cares about anything Rove says anymore. Dirty tactics like the ones used by the Republican party over the last decade don't work anymore.

And yes….when is that endictment thing coming?

Tool.

L.A.   January 16th, 2008 8:28 pm ET

Thanks for those words of wisdom. Karl Rove? Seriously? He has nothing to say that I would remotely consider as relevant. Isn't he going to jail soon or something?

Paul Lloyd Vancouver BC   January 16th, 2008 8:28 pm ET

I didn't know Porky Pig was real!

reason   January 16th, 2008 8:28 pm ET

WHY does CNN even bother to make a story out of anything this man has to say?

sara m   January 16th, 2008 8:29 pm ET

Karl Rove WHO? This insect needs to climb back under his rock and stay there. A corrupt politician and now a bitter one - Let's put him on the campaign trail as a candidate. It would be worth it just to see him cry!

Disenchanted in Virginia   January 16th, 2008 8:30 pm ET

Hey Karl–wake up!! People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Is your conscience so clean that you are able to cast blame and criticize others?

Jason   January 16th, 2008 8:31 pm ET

Hmm. The only person I can think of that's LESS relevant to this campaign is George W. Bush.

Keep talking, Karl. I don't think anyone's listening.

Steve, Texas   January 16th, 2008 8:31 pm ET

The Roving Tsar strikes again! Maybe he'll nominate himself as a Republican candidate. Then the party of Abraham Lincoln will really have come a long way!

DT, Michigan   January 16th, 2008 8:31 pm ET

Taking political advice from Karl Rove is like taking child-rearing advice from Britney and Jamie Lynne Spears' mother. Bad idea. And it's a bad idea no matter which political party you belong to, unless of course America has a Fascist party I'm unaware of.

That said, Rove was master of the obvious in stating that Clinton's win in Michigan was a hollow one –not only did "Uncommitted" get 40% of the vote, but Michigan has no Democratic delegates, having been penalized for moving the primary date up. And because there are no Democratic delegates, there was only a 20% voter turnout in the state. It's likely that many more who would have voted for Obama or Edwards stayed home.

Starr   January 16th, 2008 8:31 pm ET

Chris, Middletown, CT
You ask if we could be that dumb? The 2000 election aside, Amercians were dumb enough to give the win to Bush in 2004. I think that answers the dumb question right there.

Roving in the Bush   January 16th, 2008 8:35 pm ET

When will Karl Rove go to jail for his involvement in the many scandals ? When can we the people get a special prosecutor to investigate the Plame outing - that's treason right there ? Mukasey needs to get on the job . 'Course he could work 24 hours a day till the end of w's administration prosecuting justice, and there'd still be criminals in the bush camp and repub machine left over . I guess Rovie is an honorary Bush anyway so gets the benefit of the institutional non-stick coating . I predict there will be investigations and prosecutions left over from Bush throughout the next president's full term and beyond, if anyone in congress has the stomache for it . They ought to impeach the dirtbags now and get it over with quicker .

carol   January 16th, 2008 8:35 pm ET

Rove - aren't you missing roll call at Levenworth?

MW   January 16th, 2008 8:35 pm ET

oh please. Why is this a news story? Frickin' Karl Rove. You have to be kidding me, if you think anyone cares what his opinion on the Democrats is.

douglas stoddard   January 16th, 2008 8:36 pm ET

Why is CNN giving this guy any more press????
This Rove guy deserves to go to jail for all of his tricks he has pulled.
Reason number 3 why I am viewing MSNBC rather than your station.
Douglas Stoddard

Kenneth Myers   January 16th, 2008 8:36 pm ET

Hasn't Karl Rove's 15 minutes elasped? How can you take a guy seriously, when he is a prime architect in the most inept government every assembled. He should be in New Orleans swinging a hammer in an attempt to atone for his senslessness.

jg   January 16th, 2008 8:37 pm ET

Was this from his jail cell? You have to hand it to the man. He has managed to fabricate two terms of presidential lies that the public has bought into. Does anyone else think this means we need to address education issues, now?

rshak22   January 16th, 2008 8:38 pm ET

It's amazing that the man behind the worst presidency since Nixon is giving his opinion and having it listened to and printed!

You know a presidency is horrendous when not 1 time have I heard the republican candidates mention Bush's name during the debates for fear of digging their own grave on the spot. They all make reference to Reagan 1000 times over.

I can't believe there is even a republican running for president. On what platform that would differ from G.W?

maybe if they trash the "morality" of the next democratic candidate and call him/her "unpatriotic" "unamerican" etc.. they can they sucker more people into voting for them.

After these last 8 years, I am dead curious how republicans have faith in their party?

michael   January 16th, 2008 8:39 pm ET

in the scheme of things, this 'tard makes osama look good…..go america!!

edwin   January 16th, 2008 8:39 pm ET

Yes Clinton won over a nobody, but as a republican, I am ashamed that no one running in the republican primary had any vote close to the no body that lost to Clinton. That shows what an uphill task is ahead of us in the general election.

jesse   January 16th, 2008 8:39 pm ET

Of all people to make a comment,the Republicans send out "Mr. Brain"to make a sad comment on Mrs.Clinton.How could CNN waste their time & news space on a low life like Karl Rove?The "RAT" just had to crawl out of his hole to make such a worthless comment.

Matt   January 16th, 2008 8:41 pm ET

Karl Rove, Shouldnt he be in Jail???

J Williamson Buffalo, NY   January 16th, 2008 8:42 pm ET

Go Karl! (And take Bush and Cheney with you!)

Florida   January 16th, 2008 8:42 pm ET

just shut up Rove. Aren't you satisfied with having stolen the elections the first time? Oh… wait we should be caring about what the guy who help out Valerie Plame says. Really… just like the king of Spain said to Chavez the other day… why don't you SHUT UP!

JohnS   January 16th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

I thought people on this listserve, who are NOT well informed about Obama, should read this "published piece."

"Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton points to his resume as evidence that Obama is not ready for the White House. "He was a part-time state senator for a few years, and then he came to the Senate and immediately started running for president," she says dismissively.

Obama's accomplishments are more substantial and varied than Clinton suggests. And he has a longer record in elected office than she does, as a second-term New York senator.

Obama was a community organizer and led a voter-registration effort in Chicago that added tens of thousands of people to the rolls. He was a civil rights attorney and taught at one of the nation's premier universities. He helped pass complicated measures in the Illinois legislature on the death penalty, racial profiling, health care and more. In Washington, he has worked with Republicans on nuclear proliferation, government waste and global warming, amassing a record that speaks to a fast start while lacking the heft of years of service."

So Hillary and her supporters are not that well-informed!!!!

Fred Evil   January 16th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Keep talking Karl, we need the reminder as to why the next candidate will NOT be from YOUR party.

I'm no fan of Hillary, but if you're against her, I'm FOR HER!

Cameron wrote - "History already shows that Mr. Karl Rove is a genius."

A criminal genius maybe…just because someone's smart doesn't mean they're someone to admire.

I wasn't aware luminosity was a synonym for ugliness…

john   January 16th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Who cares what Karl Rove thinks? Why all the attention?
Maybe his take on things are designed for manipulating the media and thus giving him and his agenda the publicity and attention he is looking for. And the press follows him around like sheep.

Patrick Denver, CO   January 16th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Why is CNN giving any coverage at all to a cretin and liar like Rove anyway?????

David   January 16th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Does not Karl not recall the slim margins of 'victory' in the general elections of 2000 and 2004? And I though he was spending more time with his family. Have they had their fill of him, too?

Tanya   January 16th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Rove: That rock's waiting….please crawl back under immediately.

Duop Chak