Rove's fate leaves Bush agenda in jeopardy.

(From Gulf News)

Byline: Caroline Daniel

If Karl Rove, chief political strategist for President George W. Bush, were a betting man he might be feeling relieved.

The odds on his being indicted and forced out of the White House have swung from 1-2 last week to a 70 per cent chance that he will stay, according to sportsbook.com, an online website.

However, Rove has established his reputation as a political strategist by relying on his forensic analysis of the party faithful rather than by gambling on hunches.

Now he is facing someone with equal forensic skills: Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor, who gives a whole new meaning to the prosecutorial byword relentless.

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