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Karl Rove Dismisses O’Donnell Victory An Hour After It Happens

Doug Mataconis · Wednesday, September 15, 2010 · 3 comments

Karl Rove was on Fox News last night less than an hour after it became apparent that Christine O’Donnell has won in Delaware and was surprisingly vehement in his negative views:

It’s a sign of just how divided this race has left the conservative wing of the party, I think, and the forces that backed O’Donnell spent little time in waiting to unload on Rove.

FILED UNDER: 2010 Election, Congress, US Politics, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Fox News, Karl Rove

About Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

Patrick T. McGuire says:

Wednesday, 15 September 2010 at 08:40

Apparently Rove didn’t get the memo that he isn’t running things anymore.
Steven Donegal says:

Wednesday, 15 September 2010 at 13:29

It’s a sign of just how divided this race has left the conservative wing of the party
I didn’t know the Rs had wings at this point
Brummagem Joe says:

Wednesday, 15 September 2010 at 14:23

This is hilarious. Rove and Cornyn are now the Riehl and Malkin hate figures.