The Economist on Karl Rove

The Economist says goodbye to Karl Rove in a piece this week that is pedestrian, repeating talking points that appeared in mainstream newspapers and on network television. The Economist asserts that the Plame affair was one of Rove's failures, the same as those newspapers and television networks. But Rove wasn't involved in the Plame affair except as a witness. Rove didn't leak Plame's name or employment. Rove wasn't a Fitzpatrick target. That doesn't matter to The Economist.