I'm just going to post a link to this diary, with the following comment: She approached Karl Rove at the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, introduced herself, and tried to ask him if he could do anything to help her dad at this point.
It's very instructive what happened next.
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/...
11:22 AM PT: Rove has long considered Alabama prime turf upon which to work his black magic. See this diary from 2005 and be sure to follow the link to a 2004 article.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
11:25 AM PT: I'll just post the link for you here, as it's far more important than what I wrote.
http://tianews.blogspot.com/...