IF ONLY HE'D RUN THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN:

Questions for Karl Rove: Party Loyalist (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, 11/15/08, NY Times Magazine)

Do you like Joe Biden?

I think he has an odd combination of longevity and long-windedness that passes for wisdom in Washington. [...]

You’ve been booed off stages recently.

No, I haven’t. I’ve been booed on stages. I’m a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly. [...]

What about Iraq and the economy?

The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.