Karl Rove
Karl Rove
Karl Christian Roveis an American Republican political consultant and policy advisor. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until Rove's resignation on August 31, 2007. He has also headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. Since leaving the White House, Rove has worked as a political analyst and contributor for Fox News, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 December 1950
CityDe Ver, CO
CountryUnited States of America
I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
I mean, if you have to wake up in the morning to be validated by the editorial page of the New York Times, you got a pretty sorry existence.
I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.
I'm not a journalist. I'm a pundit. I'm a commentator, I'm somebody with an opinion.
I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.
Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.
Negative politics have always been around.
For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.
I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.
If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is.
[T]he economy remains the top issue for the electorate.
If you make a mistake, clean it up quicker rather than later.
Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.