From the "Don’t let the door hit you…" file.

Karl Rove resigns, effective later this month, having seen the early collapse of his designs for a lasting Republican majority. Hard to tell what it means going forward, but Steve Benen argues persuasively that it will be style, not stategy, that he'll be remembered for.

No, Rove’s legacy has nothing to do with his so-called strategic brilliance. His significance has everything to do with his cutthroat, win-at-all-cost style. Rove believes the political rule that there are no rules. Laws are meant to be broken. Scandals are meant to be covered up. Enemies are meant to be destroyed. The key to electoral success is to tear the country in half and see who comes out with the bigger chunk.

Leaves me wondering - if we do end up with a President Obama, how much credit should we give Rove for lending potency to Barack's 'come let us reason together' message?