This is an opinion piece by a deli chef, with superbly stale ingredients and only a pinch of poison. Bon apatite!

Sounds sensible on the face of it, but beware the Kiss of Judas from Karl Rove!

Excellent advice from an unlikely source! Obama may be well advised to consider the well reasoned recommendations offered.

Rove's most recent election cycle was a disaster for his side and immortalized by his wrongheaded brag to be owner of "THE math". His expertise is dubious to say the least. Given his hyper-partisan campaigning style (and outlook) it's fair to suspect the authenticity of his advice to Democrats. Karl Rove is king of the concern trolls.

Leave it to Newsweek to pass on the glorious advice from their hero - - the Iago who still works behind the stage doing whatever he can to continue corrupting the politcal atmosphere. Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report, the rest of the MSM, and Rove have had their day. All three will see declining fortunes after the public and a new administration in DC, followig the November election, will watch them swirl down the hopper with the rest of the waste that is today's "journalism" and neoconservative perfidy.

Droplets of wisdom from Karl Rove? At first blush this missive seems reasonable, if you forget who is doing the writing. Rove only is trying to add credibility to the manic right wing spin-tone of the day. He sees a potential weakness and rushes to exploit and expand the idea of it by appearing helpful. I did get a cynics chuckle out of adviso number 3- work across party lines---was that advice Karl Rove gave to Bush? What? Did Bush just ignore him on that one? Maybe Karl just thought of that one- now that Repubs are in the minority again. And Mr. Rove puts the seed of "weary, prickly and distracted" out there, hopeful a few readers will lodge that some where between their ears-maybe if they hear it enough. I wonder if that ... More »