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Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Architect of George W. Bush's Remarkable Political Triumphs

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I, for one, do not support Karl Rove or our current President's policies. However, this book does not endorse those policies nor does it pretend to. The previous reviewers are so aggravated that they can not see past their own ideologies. This book follows the political victories of Republicans in Texas, followed by those of George Bush until 2002. Karl Rove is largely responsible for the Republican wins in Texas; however, the writers carefully assert that the political winds favored Rove in some circumstances. Yet, Rove managed to remove Texas from the Democrats. Anyone who understood Texas before and after Rove does not underestimate "King Karl". As one reviewer mentioned the 2000 election, I would point out the book clearly documents Rove's extreme overstatement of Bush's strength in the Electoral College. This book is very well balanced, but the same cannot be said of the reviewers here.

If you ever thought Karl Rove might be a man of questionable morals, but just didn't know enough to be sure, this book will make your jaw drop. What is truly remarkable is that a man of his low standards, willing to do anything regardless of ethics to win, could be closely associated with the most powerful man in the free world.

This book is based on the premise that Karl Rove is an evil genius. Once it asserts this it then fits all sorts of facts and rumours to prove this.

Rove may be a talented operator, but an objective look at his results would show he is no genius. He got lucky in 2000 (lets face it the election was Gores to win) then rode off 9/11 to win in 2004. Given Bush's approval ratings in 2002, to assist in the loss of Congress in 2006 points to terrible advice.

Cannon may be transfixed with Rove (and it comes across in this book) but you shouldn't be!