[Darren McCarty]

The problem is that Rove shoots his mouth off, when he doesn’t have a replacement candidate ready to go. It’s like quitting a job before you have another one lined up. It’s insane!

Yep, combined to the fact that a lot of less informed donors still think Rove's good because Bush won. (Regular Businessmen often trust big names to do the job because of hype - politics ain't the same as regular business). When Rove runs his trap, donors listen.

In late September, Rove crowed that Michigan was off the table. Any funding dried up. Perception became reality at that point. Three weeks later, it was a swing state again. Damage was already done, and we couldn't recover. At least we only lost 5 state house seats.

[dfwgator]

Yep, combined to the fact that a lot of less informed donors still think Rove's good because Bush won.

Bush "won" (barely) because the Rats ran lousy candidates, just like Obama won because the Republicans ran lousy candidates against him.