Kos v. Rove

By Libby

I think Kos is winning in the battle of wits although I do have a little quibble with this graf.

Democrats, on the other hand, believe government can be a resource for promoting the common good and thus are invested from the beginning in governing competently, efficiently and fairly. Their ideology demands it. And what better way for Democratic candidates to illustrate this contrast than by running against the Republican trifecta—the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court—that governed throughout most of Bush's eight years in office?

I might suggest the better way is to act on their ideology now that they're in power and start actually governing to reflect the will of the people and promote the public good instead of protecting their purse strings and party power. Democrats and Independents aren't so easily fooled by mere rhetoric. We want results.

Meanwhile, Rove gives a pathetic little pep talk to the GOP and advises they run on bigger lies, better fearmongering and to do it "authentically" meaning, I guess, that they should start cultivating a Bushesque 'oh gosh' personality and to pretend to give a flying leap about the poor and the working class.

Meanwhile, I have to say Newsweek's strategy in initiating this faceoff seems to be a good one. I haven't found the publication so interesting in years.