Howard Dean and Karl Rove: Together at last...

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Thu, 02/11/2010 - 12:00am

The Portland World Affairs Council brought corporado Howard Dean and desperado Karl Rove to the Arlene Schnitzer Theater for what the Council billed as a "debate".  The use of the term is itself debatable.  There was of course, a topic, and the topic was America's role on the world stage.  About all you can say there is, Yes we have one.  A world stage and a role.  Here's what happened:  Protesters milled around beneath the blazing marquee on Broadway.  Police and private security drones mingled with the crowd.  Tight-lipped, steely-eyed audience members silently indicated in which camp their fires were located.  In fact, allegiances could not have been made more explicit had the crowd worn team uniforms - In a sense they were wearing team uniforms. 

What went on over the next hour or so was a glorified Q & A session.  Council members' questions had Priority One.  Excitable activist attendees, Priority Not At All.  The rhetoric oscilated politely between these poles for the duration, never landing anything like a serious punch. 

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