Karl Rove Advises Both Parties on the Midterms. Both Should Ignore Him
What (the) Right Looks Like by R. Stanton Scott
Episode notes
If you're wondering what the right looks like - that is, how they see the world as it is and what they want it to look like instead, What (the) Right Looks Like might interest you.
In this second episode I start with Karl Rove's advice to both Democrats and Republicans heading into the 2026 midterms using their own words, starting this week with Karl Rove. TLDR: Democrats should move to the center, and disavow key parts of their coalition. Republicans should not defend Trump. Instead, they should attack Democrats by asking them why they oppose Trump policies. Not sure there's a difference.
In any event, both should ignore him.
I try to challenge Rove's narrative and dig into what’s really driving voter frustration across both parties—from rising costs and foreign policy fatigue to immigration optics and the growing disco ...