Question for hacks: What happens to Rove post-Bush defeat?

[TNMOM]

When Bush loses, will Rove's celebrity/reputation as a political genius be irreparably damaged? Will he try to build a new/improved neocon candidate for the next go-around? Has he made too many enemies? Who will reach out to him and who will he reach out to post-Bush defeat?

I relish the speculation!

[billbuckhead]

1. Hopefully investigation after investigation

lawsuit after lawsuit. We need to make an example out of this crooked neonazi.

[Momof1]

2. He will move down to Florida and get to work on his next Bush

Thats what happened when Poppy fired him, he just moved on Jr.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Who had the wormtongue job for Poppy? It wasn't Rove, was it?

Was it Lee Atwater or had he already died during Reagan years?

[DieboldMustDie]

13. It was Lee Atwater; he died in '91.

:shrug:

[Momof1]

14. I'm searching for exactly why he was fired by Poppy

this is what I found so far....not much.

Snip:
Rove, the president's political adviser, denied being the source of the leak, though he was reportedly fired from George H.W. Bush's 1992 reelection campaign for leaking damaging information about a rival to Bob Novak, the very columnist who exposed Plame in July

http://www.harpers.org/KarlRove.html

Rove worked for Atwater. Poppy hired Rove in 1979 or something like that. Rove also tried to help * in his failed Congressional bid in the 70's

[Caution]

3. incarceration over Plame.

[Stephanie]

4. Brain tumor?

Just guessing.

[TNMOM]

10. lol! how about a fatal heart attack on night of Nov. 2!

eom

[Stephanie]

11. I was thinking of Lee Atwater

Who apologized on his deathbed for the crap he pulled.

[wtmusic]

5. Lecture circuit

where he will do well, unfortunately

[CO Liberal]

6. He'll Be In The Cell Next to Bush

:-)

[agates]

7. He will be hired as a political analyst

for CNN....

[xcmt]

9. ...

He'll work on House and Senate campaigns until Jeb's ready to run for President, whenever he wouldn't be running against an incumbent or Hillary.

[Stephanie]

12. Well let's see

Eight years of Kerry/Edwards, followed by eight years of Edwards/Obama, then eight years of Obama/Clinton (or reverse that to Edwards/Clinton & Clinton/Obama) and I think Jeb should get his opportunity in 2028. So there's a good chance Rove will be out of prison by then.