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Karl Rove Declares That Herman Cain Has ‘Peaked’

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Herman Cain’s reign on top of the 2012 contender list may be coming to an end. That’s the impression Karl Rove gave during an appearance on Fox News this morning as he slammed the candidate as having “created an image of him not being up for this task” through a series of blunders.

The conversation began with talk of Cain’s seemingly-confused stance on abortion. However, Rove then continued, pulling out an entire white board filled with missteps Cain had made thus far in the campaign. This all correlated with poll numbers that, according to Rove, show that Cain had already “peaked.”

RELATED: Charles Krauthammer On Herman Cain’s Incoherent Abortion Stance: ‘He’s Winging It’

Of course, it’s possible that one should take Rove’s declaration of the Cain campaign’s death with a pinch of salt. Cain, is a favorite candidate with the Koch Brothers and the Tea Party and, previously, some of the harshest critiques that GOP establishment member Rove has given to Conservatives, have all been directed at Tea Partiers. However, whether Rove was biased in his denunciations of the likes of Christine O’Donnell or not, he was still right in predicting their losses.

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(h/t Politico)

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  • Rufus Danegro

    Of course! Cain is topping Romney in every poll in  existence but as we all know like most republicans Karl loves inventing alternate realities based on what he wants to see happen. The very fact that he is even allowed to go on Fox to comment is a travesty but you know what this time around its not going to work. See Karl’s money machine American Crossroads has pumped millions into the the Romney campaignand Karl much to the chagrin of conservatives and tea partiers across the nation wants the moderate to win. This insures Obama will win because conservatives aren’t going to hold their nose for Romney like they did with McCain and neither are the Paul bots. Thanks Karl for giving Obama a second term.

    I am loving this!

  • Anonymous

    Bush’s brain has half a brain.
    DUH!

  • JamesYouToo1980

    When the man who helped George W. Bush become president says you are not smart enough to run for president, you should probably pay attention.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, but Karl Rove is right….Cain just happens to be the bigger right wing nutjob compared to Romney. I believe that there’s no more progress for Cain from here onwards

  • NDanielson

    Karl who?

  • Expat

    absolutely agree. Cain rocks, and Rove just wants an ‘establishment’ candidat.

  • caconservative

    He cut his own throat with his abortion remarks. Too bad, in all other area’s he was going great.

  • caconservative

    Your really stuck on stupid, aren’t you!

  • caconservative

    That being true, we should also listen to him when he says Obimbo isn’t qualified….right?

  • Redleaf

    WHAT? PRESIDENT PIZZA HAS PEAKED! ?
    But he’s the greatest Republican presidential candidate out there!
    The key to the White House in 2012!
    Boss Burger King was born to be president!
    How can this be?

  • Rufus Danegro

    See what I mean? Conservatives  are WEEPING!

    LOL

  • lazzzlo

    Exactly.  The man is a political operative.  This isn’t a sprint…it is a race.  Rove is the Dem’s version of James Carville.

    I have a negligible Twitter account and I wondered why Karl Rove would “follow” me.

    That’s what they do.

  • lazzzlo

    You know who.  Seriously.

  • lazzzlo

    Mr. Danegro, if I may, why is the fact that Karl Rove being allowed to go on Fox to comment a travesty?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZCDEG24W2PC2QJJE2BHXX5BAOM Tiny Card

    Cain is cool.

    They want him out the way

  • Anonymous

    The has-been architect of nothing has spoke, poof! cain, you’re gone. . .but you were gone anyway, 999 and out.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZCDEG24W2PC2QJJE2BHXX5BAOM Tiny Card

    Herman Cain donated $1 million of his own money in an attempt to encourage black voters to vote pro-life.

    http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2011/10/21/a-mea-culpa-on-herman-cain-and-abortion/

  • Anonymous

    Herman Cain has got plenty more to give.

    He has not peaked. He’s got more. 

    He’s got 9-9-9 and Walnut Ice Cream. 

    …What do Brit and Karl know about cumulative effect of getting political details wrong? 

    They don’t understand what you know and what you don’t know…

  • NDanielson

    You doubt that I do? Seriously.

  • NDanielson

    You clowns prove that getting any fact wrong does not matter, hell getting the WRONG right doesn’t even matter, as long as it’s Barry, or liberalism. Right? LOLOLOL. Corruption in Barry’s past? Don’t matter. Preacher that preaches black theology, AND get whitey? Don’t matter. Wife has nothing good to say about America? Don’t matter. Hides everything about his past? Don’t matter. No accomplishments to show? Don’t matter. No school records? Don’t matter. No executive experience? Don’t matter. Most liberal voting record of all time? Don’t matter. Voted for the very Bush budget that HE INHERITED AND BITCHED ABOUT? Don’t matter. Dad was a raging alcoholic who was an avowed socialist from ANOTHER COUNTRY? Don’t matter. On record as having a dislike for the very constitution that he swore to uphold? Don’t matter. No foreign policy experience? Don’t matter. Has stated outright that he wants to spread the wealth of others? Don’t matter. Owns the party that has not passed a budget in over 900 DAYS? Don’t matter. Takes no responsibility for his actions? Don’t matter. Unless they are good, like acting as judge jury and executioner, THAT HE WOULD HAVE POUNCED ON BUSH ABOUT? Don’t matter.

  • Anonymous

    Cain has definitely peaked with me. He may well have gotten my vote until this latest doublespeak on the abortion issue. It seems Cain’s been making a habit of this on other issues as well. I just don’t know where the guy’s coming from anymore.

  • S R Karenova

    Roger Ailes was the top political strategist for George H W Bush. Karl Rove carried the same position for W. Something is really wrong here with the former running an actual news network while the latter is always presented as a news analyst on the network. Bias anyone? Jesus.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aio.seven Aio Seven

    There you have it, TeaBaggers, KKKarl Rove has spoken.

  • Anonymous

    I didn’t bother trying to get past the first sentence…

    A nonsensical diatribe, that is unwilling to make any coherent point, in any meaningful way.
    …Congratulations!

    I want Herman Cain to get that Nomination, even his incoherent views on abortion, Walnut Ice Cream and 9-9-9 Tax Plan make more sense that desperate output…

  • Pablo

    Karl Rove has peaked.

  • Pablo

    Jon, how do you know that Cain “is a favorite candidate with the Koch Brothers”? Did they endorse him? Have they donated to his campaign?

  • NDanielson

    What, smart guy? LOL. The cumulative evidence that your boy is a socialist clown who has no experience to show, no accomplishments that he has not hidden of his past, has known associates that dislike America, including one he married to add up to a fine president for America? Wow. Willfully ignorant there, Mr. Guy! Any one of those should discredit him, but the CUMULATIVE get a pass from liberals??? Unbelievable. Truly.

  • NDanielson

    And Johnny? I didn’t write that for you and yours. Because any one of those things? As true as they are? They wouldn’t matter a bit to you and yours. Obviously.

  • liberty

    Well blunders and all he is still the best candidate. It looks to me like the establishment Republicans want Romney. Well he is still vastly supperior to Obama and with the house and the senate Republicans hands he will do just fine.

  • Anonymous

    ‘And Johnny? I didn’t write that for you and yours…’

    Again, more incoherence.

    Since you’ve physically chosen to hit the reply button three times to my comments and make…replies?

    …I shall however endeavor to ignore them and leave you to it!

  • http://en.gravatar.com/robb714 Robb714

    If Karl’s head gets any bigger only elitist with HDTV’s will be able to see it. I am not going to call him an idiot but if the show fits and your head doesn’t, justsaying. I think he is wrong but only time will tell. It’s hard to stop a CainTrain! It Karl is so smart than why doesn’t he realize Romney doesn’t stand a chance for more reasons than I am allowed characters to list here. He obviously hasn’t read this http://scienceray.com/astronomy/one-person-can-change-the-world/

  • NDanielson

    Time for some more great pictures from Barry, Nancy, and hollyweird’s occupy crowd, AKA the F-America crowd!

    http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2011/10/24/is-occupy-oakland-as-bad-as-they-say/?singlepage=true

  • Anonymous

    Karl who?

  • Winolet

    Karl Rove is a has been; he would prefer the RINO Romney instead  of Cain.

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Brit should be careful with his head gestures; that toupee may flip clear off his forehead.

    Is it possible Cain is actually faking being as dumb as his statements show him? It’s daring for him to try to portray himself as dumb as Tea Party types find irresistible, but it appears possible that he’s shown it’s actually possible to overdo that. This is the political equivalent of coming up with faster-than-light-speed neutrinos, except in reverse. Who would ever have figured those Birchers to be not quite as dumb as cold rocks and other such enert matter?

  • Anonymous

    Karl Rove is a MORON. Unfortunately, he’s all too aware that there’s plenty of follower morons who believe what big mouths like him say as being fact. Since too many folks just want to feel like a “winner” by having “voted” for the winner, as soon as the wind shifts (or some clown like Rove says it’s switched) they’ll follow the rest of the lemmings to the next cliff.

  • Anonymous

    Everyone peaks after a few weeks- what , he was suppose to stay on top until next summer?

  • Anonymous

    A 2nd term?

    LOL

    Sorry, but you must have lost your smile!

  • Anonymous

    You give it too much credit!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NMIKH2YFVNOIFEHIABNQA2MUNY Zona

    The abortion issue was the thing that made you not like this nut?  Damn.

  • Jeffy Teabagged

    As Limpo would say

     ”Herbs has shot his 666 fillers special sauce – It tastes like Dominican boy juice”

  • Moosenuts99

    Playing dumb ON PURPOSE
    riiiiiiiigggghhhhhggggggtttt

  • Moosenuts99

    Your punctuation reflects your choice of candidate.

  • Moosenuts99

    Higher taxes you could live with; but that abortion mumbo jumbo turned you off.

    Hmmmmmmm

  • Moosenuts99

    You might want to look cumulative up in the dictionary before you continue to use it incorrectly.

    Or, PLEASE show us the CUMULATIVE evidence showing Obama to be a socialist (hint: look that one up in the dictionary before you proceed).

    BAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • Moosenuts99

    PLEASE

    MY RACIST RIGHT WING GRANDPARENTS ARE PRAYING FOR CAIN TO WIN (not really, they came UNGLUED at his mere mention)

    CAIN 2012!!! Make the racists have to vote for a black guy!

  • NDanielson

    Well, he wants to redistribute wealth. Hmmmmmm. Take from some to give to others…

    Socialism does not produce wealth, Socialism does not create opportunity
    nor employment. Socialism redistributes wealth, it is a zero sum gain.
    It takes from one person and gives to another. Nothing is created, the
    economy does not grow, it stagnates and shrinks due to lost motivation.
    Capitalism creates wealth and motivates individuals to succeed,
    socialism redistributes existing wealth and saps future motivation.

    Okay, fair enough! He’s a communist. Wow. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need (or needs) is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875…My bad.

    He hates the US Constitution, and he wants to redistribute other peoples money! Hey, that is cumulative evidence! What do I win, sweetpea?

  • Anonymous

    I never said I could live with higher taxes. I don’t know what all the ramifications of the 9-9-9 plan would be, and I don’t think there are many people who do, including Cain himself. All I know is when someone talks out of both sides of his mouth about anything I can’t take him seriously anymore.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2UVIVT46ZFSPHFY6T6QHJIKQME Christine Lewis

    There is NOTHING that Rove, O’Reilly, Krathammer, And Co. can say or do, that will prevent me for casting my vote for Herman Cain.

  • Anonymous

    Karl has spoken.  Cain and Perry might as well pack up their bags and go home.  Anyway, Cain is not serious about his candidacy.  How can a man as smart as he is supposed to be such simple gaffs.  He’s trying his best to be ousted.  The funny thing is, he keeps rising in the polls.  hahahahaha.  Gaffs like:  Black People are brainwashed calling Middleeastern country,… becki becke stan…,blame yourself if you’re not rich, and I’ll build a fence with electric wires… certainly tells me that he’s not trying for the General election.  He is making a great deal of money…and he’s spending it.  Those poor people who are supporting him should run him out of town on a rail.  hahahahahahahaha 

  • Anonymous

    From where Rove is, and has been for many years, anyone other than a good ol boy politician is at the lowest level possible.  Only those at Rove’s level can be on a peak.  He’s real short, though….lo9l

  • Anonymous

    Romney’s economic plan isn’t much different from Obama’s.

    Cain is the only candidate offering wholesale tax reform.

  • Anonymous

    This is what progressives say whenever news reports surface about Obama taking more money from Wallstreet and George Soros more than any other candidate.

    Their default reaction is: The Koch brothers are evil!! … even though they are libertarians who support candidates more likely to reduce government waste, regulations and taxes… ooo sooo scary!

    We should be far more frightened by Soros supporting radical left wing ideals that would make Karl Marx blush… We should also be frightened we have Soro’s hand puppet in the White House currently…

    Replacing Soro’s hand puppet with a candidate supported by a couple of libertarians would be a VAST improvement.

  • Anonymous

    If Cain wins, Rove is out of politics for the foreseeable future, and his model of politics – huge money from the wealthy – is out of politics as well.  Herman Cain  is doing well without the help of either Rove or huge money, and Rove can’t stand it.  Anyone interested in any candidate can go on line, type in a couple of words and find out everything anyone can want to know about anyone, and more.  The days when someone had to spend a gazillion dollars to get their message out are past.  Ron Paul is another guy who is also not following the Rove model, and doing well.  Also Newt Gingrich.  Rove is as obsolete as a horse and buggy.

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