Word: rove
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...destroy politics--black arts he apologized for in 1991 as he was dying of a brain tumor. Bush's South Carolina team, led by former Governor Carroll Campbell and his onetime chief of staff Warren Tompkins, are masters of Atwater-style politics. Bush and his chief strategist, Karl Rove, were both close to Atwater over the years. Atwater's spirit was hovering over the meeting when Bush's advisers decided it was time to "drive up McCain's negatives." Though Bush had always prided himself on being a positive candidate--even in 1994 when Governor Ann Richards of Texas...
...that he made it clear on the cover sheets that he was not speaking on behalf of the campaign, but as a longtime congressional strategist put it, "When people get a memo from Haley, they assume it's what Austin wants." Other sources say that Bush chief strategist Karl Rove and others from the campaign have also been on the phone to House and Senate leaders jawboning against a congressional strategy of more modest tax cuts that looks similar to the proposal being offered by Bush's chief rival for the nomination, Senator John McCain...
...unprecedented war chest and collecting all the endorsements--was to get so far out in front that there would be no need to lurch to the right or engage in intraparty fratricide. "Our object is to win a nomination that is worth having," said Bush's chief strategist, Karl Rove. Go negative now, and you lose people's respect...
...been bracing for this anyway. For several weeks top Republicans, including Michigan's John Engler, had been quietly complaining that the Bush campaign has been too secretive, too insular, too resistant to taking outside advice. Bush himself had expressed impatience with the way the Iron Triangle of Hughes, Rove and campaign manager Joe Allbaugh had limited access of ideas and people but never took any step to open things up. "This is a colossal f___up," said a Bush adviser. Said another: "By any measure, the campaign failed." "It's gone from 1 in 10 to 2 in 10," said...
There is more to the change than that. Faced with a stiffer challenge than they expected from McCain, political director Karl Rove and the rest of Bush's brain trust came together late last month and decided to shift their strategy for the primaries. Getting Bush to loosen up in the debates was part of it. Saturating New Hampshire with new 30-sec. ads, to the point where Bush is outspending McCain in the Granite State air war more than 3 to 1, was another. But the most critical element was the decision to simplify Bush's message. Instead...