The Post and several TV pundits are really getting smart these days....they've started saying what *I*ve been saying for several years...

...namely, that Rove's long-range goal was a Republican dynasty, and that he intended to Gerrymander, pack the courts, pass laws, and create 'anger-based' special interest groups that would ensure that Republicans kept control of all branches of government, no matter what the situation!!! That he screwed up and failed was partly due to his inability to put a good face on Bush's ineptness and to the stupid way they conducted the 'war'. When you begin to offend even your conservative base, some of the slimy tricks become pretty obvious....and dead & mangled soldiers from conservative households do cause a wee bit of re-thinking of policy!

Add to this all the scandals, both moral & economic, involving Republicans recently, and you have a LOT of 'independants' moving leftish.