Rove didn't give a yes or no question to that, but noted that Palin was captain of her own ship, and but added the caveat that, if she believed large crowds on a tour were an indication she would do well in a primary she was wrong, noting that some of the biggest crowds in modern history came out for George McGovern, who lost a landslide defeat against Richard Nixon  in 1972. "There's a difference between crowds and what you need for a campaign," Rove warned. That said, he argued there was a chance that Palin had hit on something completely new in politics, noting her presence on Facebook and Twitter without "being inside the Beltway." Overall, he didn't seem too confident that this campaigning would work out, but definitely left the door open for the possibility that Palin's new media campaigning would revolutionize the political landscape.