Jon Chait finds the one remaining member of the Rove personality cult: Fred Barnes.
Barnes on Rove: “Rove is the greatest political mind of his generation and probably of any generation.”
Actually the whole quote is even better: “Rove is the greatest political mind of his generation and probably of any generation. He not only is a breathtakingly smart strategist but also a clever tactician. He knows history, understands the moods of the public, and is a visionary on matters of public policy. But he is not a magician.”
In other words, celebrate him as an intellectual giant among men. Don’t fault him for not being God. Is it not enough that he walked among us?
Sadder than reading this stuff is realizing that Barnes probably means every word of it.
