He Got Out While the Getting Was Good

Back in those heady days of late summer 2002, Andrew Card, then the president's chief of staff, told The New York Times why the much-anticipated push for war in Iraq hadn't yet arrived. "You don't introduce new products in August," he said, sounding like the mouthpiece for the Big Three automakers he once was. Sure enough, with an efficiency Detroit can only envy, the manufactured aluminum tubes and mushroom clouds rolled off the White House assembly line ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

Interesting perspective on Karl Rove's departure from the Bush Administriation. Though the author clearly takes sides in this clearly-labeled opinion piece, he makes up for it by citing ample factual evidence and multiple sources from a variety of viewpoints.

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Julian Friedland
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by Julian Friedland - Oct. 1, 2008

An impeccable recap on Karl Rove's impact from a master political commentator and researcher.

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William Wittmeyer
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by William Wittmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Frank Rich is a polemicist. If he writes it you can rest assured it slants no; leans no; tilts no, is left wing propaganda. This story is no different

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Polly Briley
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by Polly Briley - Oct. 1, 2008

As usual, Frank Rich provides the biting commentary needed in this frenzy of Rove accolades.

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