Washington Post reporter Ceci Connolly said on the teevee yesterday morning that the GOP opposition to the attorney general nomination of Eric Holder will be spearheaded/assisted by none other than Karl Rove himself. Huff Po:
Republican opposition towards the nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General is being driven, it seems, by Karl Rove himself.
Ceci Connolly, national staff writer for the Washington Post, said as much on Sunday, when she passed on a bit of hill gossip in the waning moments of "The Chris Matthews Show."
"Word on the street is that Karl Rove is going to be helping lead the fight against Eric Holder when his nomination for Attorney General heads up to the Senate," she said.
There seems to me no surer guarantor of Holder's confirmation. Democratic senators, even those who have funny feelings about Holder's role in the Marc Rich business, are going to be far more likely to vote to confirm Holder if they know that they get to embarrass Rove into the bargain.
And of course if certain whisper campaigns commence, we will be not surprised. If you've never read Josh Green's important Atlantic profile of Rove from 2004, do so right now, especially the charming detail at the end about what Rove allegedly did to a judicial candidate in Alabama who was known for helping abused children. Rove is very much a man worth hating, except that he helped destroy the Republican Party, so for that we owe him gratitude.
