Politics | Karl Rove Rove: Here's How to Beat Obama Bush pal advises Clinton, McCain in WSJ op-ed By Matt Cantor Posted Mar 6, 2008 10:13 AM CST Copied Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks on his campaign plane in flight from Washington to West Palm Beach, Fla. Wednesday, March 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Associated Press) The presidential race has seen Hillary Clinton and John McCain repeatedly rise from the dead. But with a long way to go for these “Lazarus” hopefuls, how can they beat out Barack Obama? Karl Rove offers some advice in the Wall Street Journal: Clinton, he says, should keep hitting the Illinois senator for inexperience, while the private McCain should get more personal. “Without a specific opponent,” McCain’s “principal focus should be on himself,” writes Rove. He should discuss “his life, values, and inner beliefs” with the American people. Clinton, meanwhile, should “stop worrying about appearing to the right of Mr. Obama,” hammering him, for example, over his comments on “true patriotism.” And more humanizing appearances on shows like "Saturday Night Live" wouldn't hurt. Read These Next Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Naomi Osaki is fully on Taylor Townsend's side in this spat. Report an error