Former Bush adviser (or former Bush Brain, to the critics) Karl Rove offers his analysis of the GOP’s recent troubles in the latest Wall Street Journal.
Rove offers a short prescription for Republican success in the fall:
What is clear is that John McCain and Republicans will prevail only if
they convince voters that there are profound consequences at stake in
Iraq, and that more and better jobs will follow from the GOP’s approach
of lowering taxes, opening trade, and ending earmarks and other
pro-growth policies.
Rove sees numbers favoring Democrats, but he warns them to avoid complacency. Barack Obama’s problems with blue-collar Democratic primary voters and the historically low support for the Democratic Congress bode ill, Rove writes.
Both parties face major challenges and have little time to alter the
dynamics of the election to their advantage. Recognizing underlying
problems and correcting them within a matter of a couple of months is
one of the supreme challenges in politics. Whichever party does that
fast and well will benefit come November.
