Karl Rove

Karl Christian Rove born December 25 1950 is an American Republican political consultant policy advisor and lobbyist He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W Bush administration until his resignation on August 31 2007 He has also headed the Office of Political Affairs the Office of Public Liaison and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives Rove was one of the architects of the Iraq War Prior to his White House appointments he is credited with the 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial victories of George W Bush as well as Bushs 2000 and 2004 successful presidential campaigns In his 2004 victory speech Bush referred to Rove as the Architect Rove has also been credited for the successful campaigns of John Ashcroft 1994 US Senate election Bill Clements 1986 Texas gubernatorial election Senator John Cornyn 2002 US Senate election Governor Rick Perry 1990 Texas Agriculture Commission election and Phil Gramm 1982 US House and 1984 US Senate elections Since leaving the White House Rove has worked as a political analyst and contributor for Fox News Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Rove licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia