“unlike John McCain, who retained a special place in the popular consciousness thanks to Karl Rove’s grand larceny of his initial run for high office”
You should not write articles while under the influence of strong narcotics and/or hallucinogens.
McCain’s continued appeal has to do with McCain’s compelling resume. And Rove did not steal the nomination from McCain in 2000.
I am still at a loss for why journalists think they can make history be what they would have preferred history to have been, and not have others notice. Isn’t Pajama’s Media supposed to be part of the solution to this disturbing tendency, and not just another practitioner?





