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...intern for State Representative Karen E. Spilka, who represents the 7th Middlesex District, Johnson said that every bill she cared for was stopped before coming to the floor for a vote. Johnson blamed interpersonal politicking within the Democratic majority for what she sees as inefficiency...
...promoting free trade, he'll be back in the Waffle House. But maybe voters won't care much. The only perfectly consistent man, Aldous Huxley mordantly noted, is a dead one, and we've yet to elect one of those. --Reported by Matthew Cooper, John F. Dickerson and Karen Tumulty/Washington
McKinnon and others argue that she has not needed to attend 10 meetings a day to retain her influence. "She is in his orbit," says McKinnon. "Karen is a constant compass for the President; she's true north." Other insiders say privately that Hughes did more than shape Bush's message when she was in the White House. Within a circle of advisers dominated by conservatives, Hughes ended up the de facto moderate on domestic policy. She was the guardian of Bush's "compassionate conservative" image and was constantly pushing to have the President focus and speak out on issues...
...perspective to the White House, a sense of practicality." When she was on the job full time, says a former West Wing colleague, "you didn't need to focus-group a bunch of soccer moms" to find out how a proposal might play. "All you needed was Karen in the room...
...Consigliere Returns After leaving Bush's side in '02, Karen Hughes is back with a kiss-and-kiss memoir...