The reason why Rove couldn’t make it a better debate for hie "puppet" Bush is that several of Kerry’s points were simply too strong for an adequate comeback - from Rove, Bush or anyone else. Example: George Bush senior went on record (in his book) saying to go into Iraq/Baghdad in 1991 would place the US in the middle of a Civil War/quagmire with little possibility of extraction without considerable US losses. What could Bush/Rove say to that except for to ignore it, which they did?
The reason why Rove couldn’t make it a better debate for hie "puppet" Bush is that several of Kerry’s points were simply too strong for an adequate comeback - from Rove, Bush or anyone else. Example: George Bush senior went on record (in his book) saying to go into Iraq/Baghdad in 1991 would place the US in the middle of a Civil War/quagmire with little possibility of extraction without considerable US losses. What could Bush/Rove say to that except for to ignore it, which they did?