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03833aam a2200505 i 4500 001 2CEAA128C43111EB854196005EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210603010026 008 200623s2021 ksua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020026474 020 $a 0700630538 020 $a 9780700630530 035 $a (OCoLC)1162383099 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E902 $b .M384 2021 082 00 $a 973.931092 $2 23 100 1 $a Mayer, William G., $d 1956- $e author. 245 14 $a The uses and misuses of politics : $b Karl Rove and the Bush presidency / $c William G. Mayer. 264 1 $a Lawrence, Kansas : $b University Press of Kansas, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 408 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "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 the interaction between politics and policy in the Bush 43 presidency: about what he hoped to accomplish politically and how and why he failed. The central characters in this story are Bush himself and Karl Rove, Bush's chief political advisor, perhaps the most powerful political consultant in American history. Rove's ambition was to create the next realignment: to usher in an extended era of Republican electoral dominance. By late 2008, as the Bush presidency entered its final months, there was talk of realignment, but now it was the Democratic Party that controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress and was widely thought to be putting together a new majority coalition. This book explains what went wrong and how the political missteps and policy failures of Bush's advisor hold important lessons for future American presidents"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Rove, Karl. 600 10 $a Rove, Karl $x Influence. 600 10 $a Bush, George W. $q (George Walker), $d 1946- 610 20 $a Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) $x History $y 21st century. 600 17 $a Bush, George W. $q (George Walker), $d 1946- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00363849 600 17 $a Rove, Karl. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00489467 610 27 $a Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00544975 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2001-2009. 650 0 $a Political consultants $z United States. 650 7 $a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 $a Political consultants. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069231 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20220601010626.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707012133.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2CEAA128C43111EB854196005EECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search