Huh? Is that what that is?

I was reading some Mickey Kaus today, and I realized something. He's awful. Anyway, check this tidbit out, it was top of the page when I arrived...

Howard Dean has passed another milestone-his campaign is now successful enough to be endangered by his own advisers boasting in the press about how they helped shape his message

This is such a terrible thing? Did anyone hear Kaus crow about Karl Rove comparing himself to Hanna, again and again? From an educational website called Spartacus, an online bio of Hanna...

Hanna's influence over McKinley's victory illustrated the growing influence of wealthy industrialists in American politics.

Hanna's money and his efforts changed not only the results of the election, but also of policy, I would guess.