Do you have any context at all for what’s going on there?

you are absolutely right. The problem on these “liberal” american campuses is that we are led to believe that anyone who would vote, work for, or tries to understand George Bush must be a stuttering redneck from the deep south. A man like Rove shows you that not only are their political strategies and theories well thought out, they do make sense - even if some don’t agree with them. The guys (and girl) who tried to challenge him on the war in Iraq, question Bush’s intelligence and speech-writing, or simply rant about his influence on American Politics really did nothing more than embarrass themselves and the whole Penn community. If they learned anything from their experience, I hope it is that an ivy league education doesn’t mean we know better than everyone else, nor does it give us the right to spit on someone who (like it or not) has accomplished more and has had more of a lasting effect on this country than most of us ever will.