THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS

At least in the GOP mind. On Sunday, FAUX New's Chris Wallace asked Karl Rove this question:

WALLACE: Congressman? Mr. Rove? I'm going to pretend that I'm in control of this situation.
I want to ask you about a different aspect of that, which is the economy, because one of the things that I think you'd agree the Republicans have had going for them for the last seven years has been a strong economy.Now you've got high gas prices. You've got a housing slump. You've got a credit crunch. Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman who was a Bush appointee, keeps talking about a significant economic slowdown. If you have the economy getting worse plus a continuing war, aren't you guys doomed?

ROVE: No. Look. The war is going better. And look. The economy — people understand that when you have a Democrat Congress intent on spending more and raising taxes that that's not good for the economy, and they'll understand that it's the answers proposed by the Democrats of more taxes, more spending, more government regulation, and less support for our military that's bad for America.

First, the economy hasn't been good for 7 years, at least not for the bottom 99%. Second, this is the same Rove who predicted that the GOP would retain control of the House and Senate in 2006.