Media | Karl Rove Fox Sidelines Karl Rove, Dick Morris Post-election, Ailes wants fresh faces By Rob Quinn Posted Dec 4, 2012 11:57 PM CST Updated Dec 5, 2012 12:41 AM CST Copied Political commentator Dick Morris speaks to the crowd during the "Gateway to November" Tea Party rally in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Whitney Curtis, file) The post-election shake-up at Fox News includes benching two of the pundits who called it wrong the most persistently, New York reports. Under orders from Roger Ailes, producers must get permission before booking Karl Rove or Dick Morris. "The election’s over," says a Fox spokesperson confirming the new rules. Sources say Ailes wasn't happy about Rove's on-air refusal to accept the network calling Ohio for Obama, or about the way Morris' reality-defying predictions became a punch line even inside Fox. Read These Next NC mom missing for 24 years doesn't want to be found. FBI chief Kash Patel showed up in the Team USA hockey locker room. Deepak Chopra to Jeffrey Epstein: 'Bring your girls.' Jack Smith's report won't ever see the light of day. Report an error