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Staking the West Wing as his command center, Karl Rove keeps busy.
Byline: David Jackson
NEW YORK _ Sometimes it's hard to tell where Karl Rove ends and the Republican Party begins.
As the GOP plans to re-elect President Bush and pad its congressional majorities, as it did last month at a meeting of the Republican National Committee, Rove's fingerprints are on all its plans.
The Republicans hope to expand a get-out-the vote program they used in 2002; coordinate Bush's campaign with state and local races; and stage a successful convention just miles from the spot where a bullhorn-wielding Bush addressed Sept. 11 rescue workers at Ground Zero.
These and other ideas can be traced to Rove, a White House senior adviser whose team also has a hand in recruiting candidates, courting constituencies, developing campaign themes, and coordinating actions among Republicans across the country. And while the extent of Rove's role in policymaking is hotly debated, his goal _ an expanded and enduring Republican majority _ is not.
"It's the most integrated political operation I've ever seen between the Republican National Committee and the White House," said Tom Rath, a veteran party member from New ...
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- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) August 15, 2007 700+ words
...picture guy into the White House. Some people believe...when he required Rove to sell his prosperous...Bottom line, Karl Rove didn't need to be on the White House staff, which I...likable bully. When Rove joined the White House staff to stay close...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Douglas, William September 29, 2003 700+ words
...WASHINGTON _ The White House vehemently denied Monday that Karl Rove, the president...claims by Wilson. Rove "wasn't involved," White House Press Secretary...of them beyond Rove have been questioned by the White House. "There are...
Source: HighBeam Research, Staking the West Wing as his command center, Karl Rove keeps busy.