What I saw with Karl Rove on election night
Karl started calling out GOP leaning counties in Florida and I started to call out the percentages Obama and Romney were getting in them. Rove quickly pointed out that Romney was performing two percentage points ahead of the 2008 McCain percentage in these counties. I called out Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade and the Obama and Romney percentages in those huge Democratic leaning counties – and early on Obama was performing 2.8 points ahead of where he did in 2008. Obama was winning Hillsborough county by 6 points! It was going to be close – really close. It’s was almost like that first night in Iowa we had together at the beginning of the whole thing – Karl convinced Romney would pull it out by a few votes – and I was convinced Obama had Florida. Florida! What a chicken – I started kicking myself some more. …
I blurted out to Chris Wallace and Karl Rove, “Do they understand the implications of that call?” I felt calling Ohio was tantamount to calling the presidency and thought we would be seeing blazing graphics declaring Obama reelected. Just as I asked the question I realized immediately why we were not seeing it – I knew Florida was gone to Obama – the Decision Desk may have been pretty sure it was going that way but from their perch Obama was not over 270 electoral votes yet – neither Virginia nor Florida had been called. Chris looked at me like I was on Mars and said “Of course they understand what this means – but we have to wait for those other states to call it”.
Just then Karl Rove’s phone rang it was someone in the Romney campaign….you know the rest.
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Good times, good times…
joepub on November 13, 2012 at 3:59 PM
What I saw was a rich fat white guy talking to another rich fat white guy who are card carrying members of the Two Party Evil Money Cult, both bought and paid for.
APACHEWHOKNOWS on November 13, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Pandering Panpers Leaking.
APACHEWHOKNOWS on November 13, 2012 at 4:03 PM
I saw a rare moment of clarity, on Fox.
lester on November 13, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Thanks, we’re all well aware that liberals see everything in terms of race and that Obama’s petty class warfare easily works on weak minds like yours. You can quit proving it to us now. Thanks.
Youngs98 on November 13, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Karl Rove made a fool out of himself on election night, yet he’s been on either Hannity or Greta every night since. Same goes with the idiot known as Dick Morris.
JPeterman on November 13, 2012 at 4:09 PM
It’s generally not a good idea to rely on the person who’s thrown his will into obtaining a result for honest prognostication on that result, no matter how allegedly smart he is. When they’re right, it’s because they won, not the other way around.
HitNRun on November 13, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Karl Rove got the result he wanted on Election Night—the chance to pave the way for Jeb in 2016.
Right Mover on November 13, 2012 at 4:18 PM
I had Hannity on in the background for some reason.
When I heard him introduce Rove with that stupid moniker, The Architect, I turned it to something else.
BOR, Hannity, and Greta need new analysts. Immediately.
BuckeyeSam on November 13, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Way too many people become wealthy due to our election process.
It’s become it’s own industry.
MayBee on November 13, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Fox lets Rove have too much time and usually doesn’t challenge him enough but this wasn’t an example of it. It was good TV and well handled. They had Trippi right next to him giving his views and the anchors were challenging him.
The liberal Fox haters (see above) will jump on anything to bash it even if they have to make it up.
SteveMG on November 13, 2012 at 4:41 PM
Dick Morris is a joke. I don’t know why anyone listens to him anymore. But hey he writes a BS book every year and only cares about making money.
Remember Condi Vs. Hillary?
nazo311 on November 13, 2012 at 4:51 PM
Having Megyn Kelly (any relation?) anchor election night already made it a farce.
faraway on November 13, 2012 at 4:55 PM
While they were both wrong in their projections, there is no reason to hate them.
What was really decided, once and for all (I hope), is that chasing the ‘undecided’ or ‘moderate’ voter is silly. Candidates need to make their positions clear and convince voters they know how to lead!
Freddy on November 13, 2012 at 5:01 PM
I’m not a liberal nor a Fox hater. When Meghan Kelley called it for Ohio, both Karl Rove and Michael Barone barked back at her and said “no no no, our numbers show it’s still to close to call”. They looked silly and childish.
Fox needs fresh blood and criticizing them does not make one a hater nor a liberal.
JPeterman on November 13, 2012 at 5:03 PM
Note: I didn’t direct my comment at anyone in particular.
Although Lester did cross my mind.
I didn’t see Rove “barking” back. I saw him make a point that it was too early to call. Kelley and Trippi and the others pushed back.
Here’s the tape: Rove et al.
Lots to criticize Rove on. This isn’t one of them.
SteveMG on November 13, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Megyn Kelly walking. It was the best thing of the whole evening.
Stoic Patriot on November 13, 2012 at 5:27 PM
The only ones who made fooled of themselves on election day, were the Democrats who voted for the Marxist from Hell Barack Hussein Obama, thereby ensuring that our country committed national suicide.
So what Rove, Morris made some mistakes. The big mistake is the guy occupying the White House.
Let’s all divorce and defriend any and all the Democrats in our lives. Don’t have anything else to do with them ever. Don’t talk to them, don’t work with them, don’t do business with them, don’t ever break bread with them at the dinner table.
Make sure everyone of them is out of your life for good.
ericdondero on November 13, 2012 at 5:33 PM
But he’s got that cute whiteboard! (Seriously, I like it!
KS Rex on November 13, 2012 at 5:37 PM
After ninety seven autopsies, 4 out of 5 pundits have declared the candidacy…dead.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 13, 2012 at 5:40 PM
Exactly. Perspective, people: Rove & Morris embarrassing themselves is chump change compared to the horrific electoral mistake made by the uninformed and/or racist and/or handout-addicted 51%.
Well, your second half is going a bit too far, though.
KS Rex on November 13, 2012 at 5:41 PM
No can do. My family’s Holiday dinners are way too delicious.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM
A bit extreme, but I will definitely hold them responsible (vocally) when things fall apart.
Garym on November 13, 2012 at 6:18 PM