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Carville: Rove Cost GOP a Generation

Posted Aug 15, 07 3:47 PM CDT in US,  Politics,  Opinion 

(Newser) – Impressive electoral record aside, Karl Rove's strategy of aggressively courting the GOP base has soured an entire generation on the Republican Party, James Carville argues in the Financial Times. Bill Clinton's storied strategist says "theocratic underpinnings" of Rovian strategy are behind polls showing a nameless Democratic presidential candidate favored by 32% among younger voters.

Allowing Rove to chart the course on the campaign trail led to unprecedented success, Carville writes; allowing Rove to move into the Bush White House as a policy-maker has spelled disaster for the GOP among young voters. Rove's "placement of literally thousands of ideologically driven buffoons" in government leaves Republican prospects bleak indeed in 2008.

Source Financial Times (UK)

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James Carville   (Getty Images)
Outgoing White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove walks up the stairs to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Mary;and, Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)   (Associated Press)
NEW YORK, NY -- James Carville at a news conference on Tuesday, July 20, 2004, in New York City, launching Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' "Citizen Change" initiative to encourage people to vote.   (KRT Photos)
NEW YORK, NY -- James Carville at a news conference on Tuesday, July 20, 2004, in New York City, launching Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' "Citizen Change" initiative to encourage people to vote.   (KRT Photos)
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