Ed Crane of the Cato Institute speaking about Karl Rove:

Crane, who has been pushing to privatize Social Security for decades, blamed Rove for focusing on convincing the country that the system was facing a financial crisis rather than advertising the benefits of personal ownership. ”If you focus on the green-eyeshade approach, people’s eyes are going to glaze over,” said Crane, who made his views known to Rove in a memo and follow-up meeting. ”You could argue that Rove likes the scare tactics in politics. You know, elect Bush, or Al Qaeda’s going to get you.”