Karl Rove: Pundit

Who knew? Apparently, all this time, Karl Rove was really angling for a seat on the Chris Matthews Show. In today's Financial Times, he offers advice to Barack Obama on how to beat Hillary Clinton. Much of it appears to be what Obama has figured out for himself. Like this:

First, stop acting like a vitamin-deficient Adlai Stevenson. Striking a pose of being high-minded and too pure will not work. Americans want to see you scrapping and fighting for the job, not in a mean or ugly way but in a forceful and straightforward way.