GRAVITAS

(CNN) – If Sarah Palin is looking for a top political strategist to help navigate the waters of her political future, Karl Rove may not be the guy. The former top Bush aide says the Alaska governor has not proven to have the “gravitas” ...
“There are high standards that the American people have for it [the presidency] and they require a certain level of gravitas, and they want to look at the candidate and say 'that candidate is doing things that gives me confidence that ...
Karl Rove, whose computer-like mind (in a pre-Woodstock, IBM 026 key-punch card sort of way) directed George W. Bush's eight disastrous years in the White House, now wonders whether another candidate has the necessary “gravitas” for the ...

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