One of the biggest misconceptions in politics, to me, is the idea that Karl Rove is some kind of genius. He’s no more a genius than The Gooch. Just because America is filled with people who want to be friends with the bully doesn’t make the bully a genius. For whatever reason, it seems the media has recently gotten tired of reinforcing this misconception. And now the newspapers and magazines and pundits are allowed to question whether or not he was ever a genius in the first place, after reinforcing it time and again as fact for the last six years. So, now we’ll be in this reality for awhile. Hooray!