If at first you don’t succeed in turning a universally praised speech — delivered by a president to a grieving nation, post-tragedy — into a craven political moment, try, try again. That appears to be the lesson the Karl Rove-affiliated super PAC American Crossroads took away in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting that gravely wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=98334