I am a progressive.  Please listen to this.  
It seems to me that some kind of derangement is turning many progressives into pretzels.  Rove actually DID numerous identifiably corrupt things and the president he supported launched an illegal war based on lies to Congress that cost thousands upon thousands of lives.  And so called progressives will compare that (or Hitler even, ffs) to a team that only just got into office and hasn't done anything specifically wrong other than give offense.
Perspective is completely lost here and with it the ability to rationally choose and effectively oppose.