Karl Rove told Sean Hannity this week that President Obama and his allies have a dastardly election-year plan: they'll win by "trying to take their wallet and buying it."

Even for Rove, who has a history of projection, the irony was rich. He's complaining about Obama trying to "buy" the election just two weeks after we learned Obama will face a $1.8 billion operation trying to defeat him -- a figure that obliterates all previous records -- made up of $800 million from Romney and the RNC, and an estimated $1 billion from far-right attack groups, including Karl Rove's.

Someone's trying to "buy" this election, but I don't think it's Obama.