Nixonland, vol. XXXX

In Rick Perlstein's remarkable history of the late 1960s political upheavals, Nixonland, he describes a Richard Nixon obsessed with -- and profiting by -- his battle of the Franklins vs the Orthegonians -- the "elite" vs. the "strivers." Karl Rove understands this impulse.

Karl Rove's latest to Republicans about how to message on Obama ...

"Even if you never met him, you know this guy. He's the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by."

Even if the the country clubs where Rove is welcome wouldn't be a very welcoming place to Obama.