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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Despite Bruises of '06, Rove's Influence Lasts — Whatever history makes of Karl Rove's role in the White House, his legacy as a political strategist can be measured in a presidential campaign that has already begun without him. A look at the roster of every Republican presidential candidate finds people …
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End of the Rove: How He Spun Media — WASHINGTON On the day it was revealed that the man credited with putting President Bush in the White House was quitting, there were no banner headlines in the country's major newspapers. There was no mention of it on the front page of The Washington Post, The New York Times or USA Today.
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Karl Rove's Legacy — The most useless speculation today in Washington is whom White House chief of staff Josh Bolten might choose to replace Karl Rove. He is genuinely irreplaceable. Nobody will attempt to combine the political and policy functions as Rove has done.
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New York Times:
Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town — Karl Rove, the architect of so much that has gone so wrong with the Bush administration, announced yesterday that he is leaving the White House to spend more time with his family. What he didn't say is that by getting out of town he is also hoping to avoid spending …
Washington Post:
'Architect' Envisioned GOP Supremacy — President Bush once nicknamed him "The Architect," heaping gratitude on his chief strategist for helping engineer two presidential victories and two cycles of congressional triumphs. — But as Karl Rove resigns from the administration …
Kevin Landrigan / Nashuatelegraph.com:
Obama leaves some wanting a little more — NASHUA - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's surging presidential campaign is reaching a critical mass in that voters want to hear more. — As a self-described, "hope monger,'' the Illinois Democrat's optimistic call for systemic change on health care …
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David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Defense Chief Keeps Own Counsel on Iraq — In the debate about next steps on Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates does more listening than talking, rarely revealing his own views, except in clipped comments or the questions he asks at meetings. — Even in his private discussions with lawmakers …
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John F. Burns / New York Times:For Top General in Iraq, Role Is a Mixed Blessing
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Elizabeth Edwards Unplugged — ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: In an interview in August's edition of The Progressive magazine, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C., takes candid shots at the other candidates battling for the Democratic nomination against her husband.
Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Gonzales could get say in states' executions — Proposed rules would let the attorney general sign off on 'fast tracking' death penalty appeals. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is putting the final touches on regulations that could give Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales important …
David Kaspar / Davids Medienkritik:
SPIEGEL ONLINE: "The US Military is more successful in Iraq than the world wants to believe." — Historical consistency has never been a strong point for SPIEGEL magazine or SPIEGEL ONLINE - but this is shocking: — Just look at this article. — After years of calling Iraq a disaster …
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Jeremy Grant / Financial Times:
Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned — The US government is on a 'burning platform' of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country's top government inspector has warned.
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Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Random Rummy August Sighting — Starting a war must really wear a guy down. — Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was spotted today having lunch at Morton's on Connecticut Ave. What was remarkable was not what he ordered, or with whom he dined, or how quintessentially condescending he may have been to the waiter.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Lawsuits May Illuminate Methods of Spy Program — In 2003, Room 641A of a large telecommunications building in downtown San Francisco was filled with powerful data-mining equipment for a "special job" by the National Security Agency, according to a former AT&T technician.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Going After Blue Dogs: A Question for You — I've been kicking around the idea with Chris that we should raise the costs of bad decision-making on things like FISA, or when they fold to Republicans on the supplemental or (insert fight here). — It's not much to put up some google ads criticizing …
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