As an Edwards supporter since early 2004, you can guess how frustrating it is for me to read about how Karl Rove influenced the Democratic primary that year:
The ploy was described by Rove lieutenant Matthew Dowd during apostmortem conference on the 2004 election at Harvard University themonth after Bush defeated Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry ofMassachusetts.
In the run-up to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, when itwas not yet clear who Bush's opponent would be that November, Rove andhis aides had begun to fear that their most dangerous foe would bethen-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
With his Southern base, charismatic style and populist message,Edwards, they believed, could be a real threat to Bush's reelection.
But instead of attacking Edwards, Rove's team opened fire at Kerry.
