Rove was upset that O'Donnell's defeat of Castle is what put the Senate out of reach of Republicans. However, if Rove had waited just two more days for Rasmussen's Washington state poll to come out, Rove would have learned that Patty Murray surged ahead of Dino Rossi, also taking Washington away from Republicans and putting the Senate TWO seats down.
So, here we are at the end of the week where Rove could blame EITHER Rossi or O'Donnell for "losing" the Senate.
It's not all on O'Donnell's shoulders anymore.
Rove was arguing that O'Donnell was not "electable." Supposedly, Dino Rossi WAS electable, according to Rove.
So we now have "electable" Dino Rossi losing 7% against Patty Murray since the last Rasmussen poll and turning a +2% advantage into a -5% loss in just a few weeks, which blows away any credibility that Rove can call ANYONE "electable."
That's why he should have known better to speak the way he did. Given the Rossi poll, I hope Rove has a change of tune and gets on his knees and apologizes for his lack of faith on Tuesday night.
-PJ
Problem is, PJ, that Washington poll was done by a group which is notoriously BAD at political polling, unlike Rasmussen.
Patty Murray winning makes me SICK to my stomach.....she really is PATHETIC.
He won't, he was bad mouthing her again tonight. This makes 3 times counting election night that he trashed her.
“So we now have “electable” Dino Rossi losing 7% against Patty Murray since the last Rasmussen poll and turning a +2% advantage into a -5% loss in just a few weeks,”
This is well within the MoE and also the first time Ras started looking at ‘leaners’. I’m not saying it’s a good result - but not as bad perhaps as you painted. 44 days to go.