Reply #5: The issue isn't his intelligence. The issue is that he controls the money, [View All]

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and hence the votes. First, Rove has a sophisticated network of local voting regions that get "the base" to turn out to vote vs. staying home. Second, Rove can persuade both the base and corporations to cough up money in exchange for future payback. Third, he takes that money and distributes it according to the candidate's unwavering promise to deliver that payback promise he made. That's another reason why there are no moderate or liberal republicans, because if they "doublecross" Rove and his patrons, they're frozen out of the campaign funds, if not replaced by another candidate of Rove's choosing.