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The Rise and Fall of Rove

Posted Aug 14, 07 10:15 AM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – Karl Rove may have been the but-for cause of the Bush presidency, but his dreams of using it to build a generation-long Republican hegemony that would undo the New Deal have been unquestionably dashed. Bush's boy genius envisioned a "permanent majority," but the Washington Post considers the reasons it had already slipped his grasp by 2006.

Rove miscalculated the importance of the base and underestimated undecided voters, while the motley coalition of conservatives and moderates he cobbled together failed to achieve a coherent mission. As for Rove's personal legacy, it may be tainted by a presidency laden with more failures than successes. "The degree to which history judges George Bush harshly, so, too, will it judge Karl Rove," a former RNC chairman says.

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Rove announces resignation.   (KRT Photos)
President Bush, left, puts his arm around Karl Rove as they appear before reporters during a news conference on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, announcing Rove's...   (Associated Press)
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove listens as President Bush, not shown, speaks with reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington in this April 2, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Gerald...   (Associated Press)
Outgoing White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove sits beneath Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)   (Associated Press)
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