An e-mail:

Ms Lopez,
Dunno if this was the first time that Rove spoke like this of “liberals”, et al but if it was the timing probably wasn’t accidental. It was right on the heels of the Durbin stuff and in the midst of Dean’s national ranting tour. My read is that W’s political machine is pretty good with their political speak, and that it’s unlikely this was a mistake.
It has had the effect of several Dem presidential candidates outing themselves as a) liberals, b) hypocrites, and c) dimwits (for taking the bait).
Don’t misunderestimate this guy Rove.