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PTSD at Fort Carson, Karl Rove’s Attempts to Polish Bush’s Legacy, and Warm Wishes for Our Troops in 2009
By John Mashek -
Opinion
- January 6, 2009
Ignoring Karl Rove: Things are bad for the U.S. military, and Bush is to blame.
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Bush, Rove, and Books: Who Knew W. Had So Much Time to Read?
By John Aloysius Farrell -
John A. Farrell
- December 26, 2008
An impressive array, but also a bit disquieting.
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Blog Buzz: Convention Speech Stars, McCain's Veep Choice, and His 'Prickly' 'Time' Interview
Opinion
- August 28, 2008
John Kerry wows 'em at the DNC, McCain gets snippy with 'Time' magazine, and veepstakes.
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Blog Buzz: Democrats Praise McCain in New Ad, Congressional Primary Gets Ugly, Karl Rove Gives Bad Advice, and the Weight of Debates
Opinion
- August 7, 2008
McCain gets odd advice from Karl Rove and releases an ad; a congressional candidate plays dirty.
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Blog Buzz: Phil Gramm's Mental Recession, Karl Rove's Congressional Snub and Obama on Bilingualism
Nation & World
- July 10, 2008
It's all in Phil Gramm's head, Bush's brain disses the second branch, and Obama on Spanish.
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David Iglesias, Karl Rove, and the Fired U.S. Attorneys
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- May 27, 2008
Lack of civility marks Rove's D.C. tenure.
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Rove Looms Large in Siegelman Case
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- April 1, 2008
Alabama ex-governor's prosecution raises many questions about political interference.
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Rove and the Truth at Odds
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- December 3, 2007
Ex-Bush aide plays fast and loose with the facts on the run-up to the Iraq war.
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Karl Rove, Still Behind the Curtain
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- September 2, 2007
President Bush's behind-the-curtain adviser, Karl Rove, is expected to reprise that role for the prez in Texas, we hear. Now retired from the White House, Rove is planning to take charge of the Bush library and museum, including the design, fundraising, and planning for what insiders are calling a copy of the conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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Rove Still Spinning Failures into Victories
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- August 20, 2007
Karl Rove blames Democrats for Republican blunders like the collapse of immigration reform.
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They Don't Make Journalists Like This Anymore
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- August 20, 2007
A fond tribute to the Daily Telegraph's W.F. Deedes, plus my verdict on Karl Rove's legacy.
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Rove--Maybe Not Indispensable
News Desk
- August 15, 2007
While many in the White House will be sorry to see Karl Rove go at the end of this month, some West Wing advisers disagree with the notion, promoted by Rove's fans, that President Bush's political guru is the indispensable man.
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The Architect's House Tumbles Down
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- August 10, 2007
He can win elections, but Karl Rove didn't know enough about how to govern in a divided nation.
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Big Hitters Steer Bush Legacy Plan
Washington Whispers
- June 17, 2007
President Bush isn't leaving it to strangers to take care of his legacy project, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
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Cartoon
Washington Whispers
- April 29, 2007
—Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle/The Washington Post Writers Group
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Friday's Cartoon
Washington Whispers
- April 20, 2007
—David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Andrew Roberts
Michael Barone
- March 14, 2007
Last week British historian Andrew Roberts had lunch at the White House with George W. Bush and a glittering array of other writers: Norman Podhoretz, Paul Gigot, Michael Novak, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Irving Kristol, and Irwin Stelzer.
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A Win No Matter What the Outcome
Washington Whispers
- February 4, 2007
Here's an "only in Washington" tidbit: Former Cheney aide and cia leak case target Lewis "Scooter" Libby and former suspect Karl Rove use the same pr firm. But it didn't start out that way.
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King Karl to Stay On
Washington Whispers
- January 3, 2007
Maybe it was wishful thinking by his foes or insiders looking to move up to a nicer office in the West Wing, but all those rumors that Karl Rove was planning to exit soon appear to be dead, killed by none other than King Karl himself..
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