Rove says Obama should hear from academics on oil spill, then complains he is surrounded by academics

More finger in the wind [in your eye?:] doubletalk, from the master himself, via TP.

In his latest Wall Street Journal column, Karl Rove drudges out the old 2008 campaign attack on President Obama's "present" votes as a state senator in Illinois, and wittily remarks that Obama "may now be president, but at times he appears to be merely present" in dealing with BP's oil spill.

On Fox News, Rove discussed the column and advised Obama to get ideas from academics around the country on dealing ...