| maybe some have, but i never considered rove to be much of a policy wonk. his specialty is running campaigns and his mastery of rhetoric..
virtually all of "bush's" ideas came from conservative intellectuals. be it from tax cuts, to iraq, to social security, etc... i subscribe to foreign affairs, largely considered to be a conservative/establishment journal - and i've definitely noticed that conservative intellectuals across the board have little new ideas left in them. instead, it's more of a continuous defense of bush's decisions - rather than forward-looking ideas (or plans).
politicians are nothing if they don't have the support of the intellectuals. that's always been the case in this country and in all other countries. intellectuals give birth to ideas and plans, not politicians.
and as far as rove goes, i think the plame scandal effectively sapped whatever energy he had left. |