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Boy genius
Karl Rove, the brains behind the remarkable political triumph of George W. Bush
By Dubose, Lou & Reid, Jan & Cannon, Carl L.
- ISBN
- 978-1-58648-192-6
- Publisher
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
The career and canny rise to power of Karl Rove, the man President Bush calls "boy genius" and some Texans call "Bush's brain," gets a thorough rundown in this entertaining political bio by longtime journalists Dubose, Reid and Cannon. In a breezy, critical style, the authors recount Rove's early fascination with politics, his first political "job" (as a teen rally organizer for Utah Senator Wallace F. Bennett's 1968 re-election campaign) and his first big political prank (stealing stationery from an opposing campaign and inviting outsiders to headquarters for "free beer, free food, girls and a good time for nothing"). In 1980, Rove, who'd spent the previous decade in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
