"According to Luskin, Cooper originally called Rove — not the other way around — and said he was working on a story on welfare reform. "


A few things strike me as odd about this:
1.  Why would Cooper have called Rove, of all people, to discuss welfare reform?
2.  Did Cooper ever publish the article on Welfare Reform?  If so, what were Rove's contributions?

Does anyone have a link to the Cooper Welfare Reform story that started all of this?