Reality is hitting Rove.
Rove: Sandy helped Obama
By DONOVAN SLACK |
11/3/12 11:00 AM EDT
GOP strategist Karl Rove, who called the race for Republican Mitt Romney a few days ago, now says Hurricane Sandy helped President Obama and caused the Romney campaign to "stutter" in its message on the economy.
“If you hadn’t had the storm, there would have been more of a chance for the Romney campaign to talk about the deficit, the debt, the economy. There was a stutter in the campaign," Rove told the Washington Post on Friday. "When you have attention drawn away to somewhere else, to something else, it is not to his advantage.”
He characterized the stutter as a "subtle disadvantage" but said the storm has had a significant impact on the race.
"It’s the October surprise. For once, the October surprise was a real surprise," he told the Post. Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to George W. Bush, said the president "has temporarily been a bipartisan figure this week. He has been the Comforter-in-Chief and that helps."
He did not go so far as to call the race for Obama, saying he still thinks Romney will win, but he said it will be close - a 1- or 2-point race. On Thursday, he had predicted a larger margin -- a 3-point victory for Romney.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/11/rove-sandy-helped-obama-148255.html?hp=r1
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