Rove's Numbers

Discussing public sentiment on Thursday night with Sean Hannity, Karl Rove offered the following numbers relating to Obama and the Democrats in power:

• 242 days since the inauguration

• 111 speeches given by President Obama on health care

• 40 days was the original amount of time given by Obama for Congress to completely overhaul health care

• 67% of Americans oppose or strongly oppose a government takeover of health care

• 53% job approval for President Obama as an average of all major polls

• 50% job approval for President Obama as measured by Gallup; this means Obama dropped to 50% approval faster (by 8/26) than all prior Presidents including Ford (after pardoning Nixon) and Clinton (gays in the military debacle)

• 40%-47% approve-disapprove ratio relating to Obama

• 37% job approval for Congress, the lowest in 24 years

• 45%-44% generic identification Democrat vs. GOP, which signals a major shift

• New Jersey's incumbent Democrat Governor trails by 10 points in the latest polling

• Virginia's Democrat trails by 9 points for the Governorship

It's way too early to get very excited, but the groundswell of public distaste for the Democrats' poor leadership abilities is becoming clear.

Writing just a couple of weeks after the election, Rove's Wall Street Journal op-ed now appears eerily prescient.

RELIAPUNDIT ADDS: Thanks for cross-posting DR! I just linked to it below!

ROVE SCHOOLS GUCCI MARXIST VANDEN HEUVEL

Hat Tip: Pat Dollard

KARL ROVE

They are likely to nominate a tough, tenacious, fatally flawed candidate by the name of Hillary Rodham Clinton.--Karl Rove

Karl Rove was loved by many conservatives and hated by the left. Whatever you want to say about him he's been a huge force in the political realm. To be honest I was shocked today to hear the news that he was leaving a year early. I asked my radio guest, Bill Price (who personally knows Rove) if he saw this coming and he said he didn't.

Paul Gigot describes Karl Rove in his column as "relaxed and cheerful". That is amazing to me when you look at the amount of stress he's been under for numerous years and how much he is vilified by so many. Yet, in the brief amount of time that I got to meet him last September that was my impression of him as well.

As Gigot points out, Karl Rove has clearly been extremely influential and I would argue that its been an influence for good.

I love his quote about Hillary at the top, I can't think of a more accurate term for her than "fatally flawed".