Karl Rove Created Rick Perry -- Now Can He Stop Him?

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove won't say it aloud, but he is afraid of Rick Perry: afraid that the smack-talking Texas governor will wreck the GOP's chances of winning the White House and the Senate in 2012.

The Perry-Rove story is shaping up as the ultimate tale of dangerously unintended consequences, with Rove in the role of Dr. Frankenstein and Perry as his living, rampaging political creation.

Insiders know that Rove helped launch Perry's career by advising Perry's successful run for agriculture commissioner in 1990.

But the larger, deeper point is that Rove designed and built the Texas Republican machine that has now allowed Perry to go national -- even after Rove and company tried (and failed) to stop him by running Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) against him for re-election.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/19/karl-rove-rick-perry_n_931945.html

[bluestateguy]

1. I am assuming Rove wants Romney?

Assuming that Jeb is not really an option until 2016 or 2020.

[Mr Deltoid]

2. Perry is a godsend...sort of

He is that "mannequin in a cowboy hat" type that the GOP base loves. At the same time he has absurd opinions on everything, and proclaims them loudly and often. Of course the GOP will cheat heavily in the upcoming election, but having either Bachmann or this clown on the GOP ticket might scare away enough people to offset the cheating.

Of course it could backfire, and we end up with Perry as the most powerful man on earth. Any way it pans out, it will be interesting.