Is Axelrod the New Rove?

Politico's Kenneth Vogel takes a look at the prospect of Axelrod joining the Obama White House and what that will mean for his wallet. Axelrod's consulting firms are estimated to generate millions anually. A job for him in the White House would be a paltry $200k.

However buried half way through the article, RNC chairman Mike Duncan raises a curious question:

“People need to be looking at Axelrod the same way that they looked at Karl Rove,” Duncan said, a comparison likely to sound like fingernails on a chalkboard for many Democrats, for whom Rove was a favorite boogeyman. “The same kinds of questions that were asked about Rove need to be asked about Mr. Axelrod.”

I concur with Duncan, we must ask questions of Axelrod...but if they are asked in the same fashion they were with Rove, it looks like he will have a long political career.

Hey, and if all else fails you can always become a pundit