The uses and misuses of politics : Karl Rove and the Bush presidency /
"In 2001, a newly-elected Republican president went to Washington, hoping not just to serve out eight years in the White House but to change the governing philosophy of his party and to launch a new era of Republican electoral majorities. He failed. This book is the first detailed analysis of t...
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| Formatua: | Licensed eBooks |
| Hizkuntza: | ingelesa |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2021]
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1m0kghj |
Aurkibidea:
- Introduction : Karl Rove and the president makers
- The Rove record
- Presidents need political help
- Good politics doesn't always mean good government, or never make a political consultant one of your top policy advisors
- Good politics doesn't always mean good government, part II
- You can't nickel and dime your way to a realignment
- When an administration is in crisis and the president refuses to acknowledge it, a political advisor may be the best person to warn the president
- Never forget that war is a political endeavor
- Communication is important, but don't expect miracles
- It's hard to have ideological heirs when you don't have much of an ideology
- Conclusion.