latinos back into the tent. well, we can talk about that but there s a lot more than rove. i want to finish this point first, dandana. rush limbaugh is having to increasingly move the party to the right is another thing being attacked. politico points out this quote, for nearly six years since president bush s second term went south, republicans have been effectively without a leader. and into that vacuum has stepped a series of conservative figures whose incentives in most cases are not to win votes but to make money and score ratings by being provocative and even outlandish. that s very interesting point there, dana. yeah, i think so, reverend. and this whole notion that there
quote, a colossal failure. i don t think donors are ever going to invest in that level again because it turns out that the architect didn t know what he was talking about. that s a pretty hard charge. you know, reverend, as a texan, i was going to jump in as the defense of karl rove because you can t underestimate him. he s like the phoenix that keeps rising again. but most importantly, i think what we ll see in the future is his ability to reach out to latinos. and that s what republicans desperately need to do in the short to medium term. and karl rove is the guy who can do it. he gets it. so after the hard feelings are set aside, he s going to be called upon to strategize andbly
john boehner the speaker had and it s very interesting what tone he set and a gop senator. let me give you the quote p the quote from the times is that their party lost badly, mr. boehner said, they had to avoid the nasty showdowns that marked much of the last two years. members on the call subdued and dark, murmured words of support. that s interesting. and then you had senator bob corker, a key member of the banking committee, went on fox news and said the wealthy should contribute more. listen to this. we know there has to be revenues and i think look, i haven t met a wealthy republican or democrat in tennessee that s in the willing to contribute more as long as they know we solved the problem. i mean, we know there has to be more revenues. i haven t met a wealthy republican or democrat that s not willing to contribute more.