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...hours after the South Lawn appearance, the White House announced that Karl Rove, whose name is synonymous with unchecked authority in this Administration, would be yielding his day-to-day policy duties. "I've been asked by the President and my new boss to focus on big strategic questions and the bigger issues," Rove told TIME. The idea, according to an aide, is for Rove to focus on "immigration, not the definition of seaward lateral boundaries." But Rove relishes his role at the nexus of policy and politics, and had dived into the governing responsibilities Bush gave...
...expect myself to make it, but then it just came to me and wrote itself almost easily,” he said in an interview with The Crimson. “Dreamz” blends politics with popular culture, but Weitz maintains that figures like Karl Rove and Simon Cowell should be flattered. “The only way to grapple with [a lot of these political issues] is through comedy, and we didn’t try to be scathing” says Weitz. While the film may come across as anti-pop culture, Weitz insists that...
...second announcement that hit like an earthquake internally, the White House said that wunderkind Joel Kaplan will be Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, taking over some day-to-day non-political turf that once had been the province of his now-fellow Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, who retains the title of senior adviser. The plan is for Kaplan to coordinate and manage the policy process, while Bush has charged Rove with focusing on big thinking about big issues, both strategic and tactical...
...Democratic National Committee trumpeted that as a "demotion" of Rove. But people close to the President said focusing on the fine points of policy was not a good use of Rove?s mind, time or expertise. "Karl could be called the janitor and his role with the President would not change," said a Bush friend. Bolten allies said he wants clear lines of authority and accountability, and said the announcement showed his assertiveness, since Card had deferred to Rove on many matters that are traditionally the purview of the Chief of Staff...
Whatever its next move, the Bush team is determined to keep its conservative flank happy and to capture the 4 million evangelicals that political guru Karl Rove believes sat on the sidelines in 2000. As the Boykin flap unfolded, Christian activists rushed to Boykin's defense. Evangelical email armies were pressed into service and encouraged to fire in the direction of the White House. After a few days of silence on Boykin, Bush told pool reporters on Air Force One, "He didn't reflect my opinion." Rumsfeld would go no further, pleading that the sound on the videotapes of Boykin...