Rove thinks McCain is going too far

Rove: McCain went ‘too far’ in ads - CNN.com
“McCain has gone in some of his ads — similarly gone one step too far,” he told Fox News, “and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the ‘100 percent truth’ test.”
You have to really step over the line to have the [...]

Karl Rove is finally leaving

Karl Rove to leave White House at end of August | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
WASHINGTON - Karl Rove, President Bush’s close friend and chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of August, joining a lengthening line of senior officials heading for the [...]

More smoke and mirrors from the White House

Missing e-mails draw ‘Democratic Rove Rage’ | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — The fight over documents has gone to red alert.The White House acknowledges it cannot find four years’ worth of e-mail from chief political strategist Karl Rove. The admission has thrust the Democrats’ villain back into the center of attention and poses a fresh [...]

RNC provided second set of communications for White House officials

E-mail system may hurt White House | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — When Karl Rove and his top deputies arrived at the White House in 2001, the Republican National Committee provided them laptop computers and other communication devices to be used alongside their government-issued equipment.The back-channel e-mail and paging system, paid for and maintained by [...]

Who’s playing politics?

Do you want your federal prosecutors worry more about pleasing political advisers or prosecuting criminals?
What Bush is hiding | Salon.com
Indeed, Presidents Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Reagan replaced the 93 U.S. attorneys at the beginning of their administration as part of the normal turnover involved in the alternation of power. A report issued on Feb. [...]

Give me a break

House panel defies Bush, votes for subpoenas - CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Democrats voted Wednesday to give their leaders the authority to force White House officials to testify on the firings of U.S. attorneys.The House Judiciary subcommittee vote was to authorize subpoenas. It does not mean that subpoenas will be issued; only that they could [...]