Did Rove Just Throw Gingrich Under The Bus?

[kpete]

Rove on Gingrich running for president: ‘There’s a question of his discipline.’

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GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: His strength and his weakness going into getting the nomination?

ROVE: He has vision, and there’s a question of his discipline. When he was Speaker of the House, he had the vision to — as a Republican leader, to get us into the majority and the vision to sort of give people the big picture to go after. The question was sometimes whether — how consistent he was in keeping people focused on those — on that vision.

More & Video: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/13/rove-gingrich-discipline/

[HillbillyBob]

1. Mayhap it would be best if the lot of them fell in front of a moving bus.

how consistent he was in keeping people focused on those — on that vision.
Could we be talking about Hallucination?

[foxfeet]

2. Oh, great. They'll never get that smell out of the tire treads.

It would be like driving through a manure lagoon.

[marmar]

3. There's no honor among neocon assholes......

nt

[blondeatlast]

4. Translation: Newt doesn't listen to Rove. Oh, and pass the popcorn--this will be good! nt

[ParkieDem]

5. Very interesting comment.

Rove, for all his faults, is no doubt a smart and cunning tactician.

I think he's right about Gingrich -- at times, Gingrich did show signs of political brilliance. A party doesn't just win 54 seats in a mid-term election out of sheer luck -- especially if it hadn't controlled the House for 40 years, and for only 4 of the previous 72 years. When you look at the long-time Democratic congressmen that were defeated (Foley, Brooks, etc.), and the fact that no Republican incumbent lost, Gingrich's achievements in 1994 are even more impressive.

If Gingrich had more discipline, and if someone less politically talented than Bill Clinton had been president, much more of the Contract for America might have been passed. Thank God it didn't.

[jgraz]

6. He didn't throw Newt under the bus

Rove just told him that there was a young female intern under there.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Coming from Rove, does that mean that Gingrich isn't crooked enough?

[Enthusiast]

8. Gingrich is plenty crooked

enough to suit me.

[Vinca]

9. I might have thought discipline in keeping his pants on.

[malaise]

10. How does Rove still have so much power

when he lost so many elections?