Nervous Karl

Anyone notice that Karl Rove, usually as incognito as Dick Cheney in non-campaign mode, is making public comments lately to disparage Kerry? Not only is he going on the record, but his comments seem, well, shaky. For instance, these two:

About Bill Clinton stumping for Kerry: "They had to roll Clinton out of the operating room and onto the campaign trail in order to basically help Kerry with the weaknesses he has among core Democratic constituencies,"
or
About the Al-Qaaqaa situation: "Kerry, by so rapidly embracing the story, is going to end up being tarnished by it. What would he do as president? Get up every morning and say, 'I'm going to govern based on what I find in the newspapers?'"

It shouldn't be surprising. Other than Bush, he has the most to lose if the re-election campaign fails. All those reverential takes on him being "Bush's brain" or "Boy Genius" all would need to be revised if Kerry, a clearly mediocre candidate, winds up beating his "dream candidate," GWB.