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Karl Rove -- The Architect...Examining the life, career and 30-year long plan of George W. Bush's chief political adviser: to build a durable Republican majority and realign the politics of America. A joint report by FRONTLINE and The Washington Post
introduction
the mastermind

Rove's life and career, what makes him a superb political strategist, and how he and the president "are playing for history."

the rise of the republican party

Evaluating the social and political changes that drove the Republican resurgence. How long might their dominance last?

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Ken Mehlman, Mark McKinnon, Matthew Dowd, David Broder, Thomas Edsall, Dan Balz, Grover Norquist, Dana Milbank...

texas: harbinger of the future

How Rove moved Texas toward the Republican Party in the '80s: it was a blueprint for what he would do nationwide years later.

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Karl Rove -- The Architect

President George W. Bush called him "the architect" of his reelection victory and he has been the president's chief strategist from the beginning. But Karl Rove is much more than a political guru, he is the single most powerful policy advisor in the White House. FRONTLINE and The Washington Post join forces to trace the political history and modus operandi of the man who has been on the inside of every political and policy decision of the Bush administration, including the current battles on Social Security, taxes, and tort reform. For Rove - observers say - enactment of the Bush agenda is a way to win the biggest prize of all: a permanent Republican majority.

posted april 12, 2005

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