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...election night, Karl Rove sounded jovial, assuring Sean Hannity's radio audience that Republicans would defy the polls and hang on to both the House and Senate. Less than three hours later, President George W. Bush was watching returns on TV in his private study with the First Lady and a few friends and aides. He leaned over as a blue riptide swamped Republican after Republican. "Looks like a rout!" he said...
...KARL ROVE Suddenly, "Bush's Brain" doesn't seem like a compliment. The President told reporters after the election that Rove was winning their informal reading contest--"I obviously was working harder in the campaign than he was." The gibe was met with uncomfortable chuckles. (As Homer Simpson might say, "It's funny because it's true!") Campaign workers fault Rove for getting into the game late; his vaunted "72-hour project" turned out to need more time...
...said and done, the American people would understand the importance of taxes and the importance of security." Just 41% of Virginians in the exit poll said that the war in Iraq was extremely important, compared to 46% who said "values issues" were. These are the kind of numbers that Karl Rove was trying to conjure for every GOP candidate, and, by all conventional wisdom, they should have worked in Allen's favor-Virginia passed an anti-gay marriage amendment, after...
...plans" if Democrats were to win the House and/or Senate in today's midterm elections. Snow has been patiently explaining for weeks that no such formal plans are being made, since the President expects Republicans to defy the pundits and win both. Another top aide said, "If you think Karl [Rove] is spending any time thinking about losing, you're crazy...
...White House doesn't have a problem with confidence. On the Tarmac next to Air Force One in Texas Monday morning, chief Bush strategist Karl Rove made a "V" sign for the cameras. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, saying the new polls vindicate the President's consistent optimism, joked: "'Victory' is on the record." Democrats are hoping the bravado will be fleeting...