Rove will be big draw at Pitt tonight

By Salena Zito
Karl Rove suspects some members of the sold-out crowd coming to see him tonight at the University of Pittsburgh might only be interested in seeing if he has horns and a tail.
"I always get the occasional lunatic ranting and raving, but most people want to hear what I have to say and want to ask questions," the former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President George W. Bush said Sunday. "That is when we get engaged in a dialogue about things they want to know about, like the war, terrorist surveillance, tax cuts and the future of our economy."

Students quickly snapped up the 500 available tickets to Rove's appearance, part of professor Gordon Mitchell's course on Cold War rhetoric. Some of the hype is because of Rove's "larger than life" reputation as the mastermind behind the Bush presidency, Mitchell said.

The sold-out crowd shows a level of excitement among younger voters this election year that is most visible at rallies for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, but which crosses party lines, political organizers said. Read the rest here:

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