Carl Rove is 50 years of age; he was born on December 25, 1950, and he is the head of the office of the strategic initiatives of the White House. He has been working with George Bush since the time when Bush was nominated for the position of governor in November of 1993. The idea pertaining to the establishment of the fund to help the Afghan children originated from Carl Rove.
In the years of the Watergate scandal, Rove's career as a big-time political handler began with a motley crew of friends and associates. He was chairman of the College Republicans when George Herbert Walker Bush was chairman of the state Republican Party in 1973. He won the presidency of the College Republicans in a race against Terry Dolan. The late Lee Atwater, who later became famous as the political attack dog for the Reagan-Bush team, managed Rove's campaign. Dolan went on to become a Soft Money pioneer by helping form the National Conservative Political Action Committee, then died of AIDS in 1986 at age 36. Dolan's advisers in his loss to Rove were Charlie Black, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone. Those three were later instrumental in the success of Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign.
Rove is Bush-s friend, and wicked tongues like to gossip on how much money Rove received from carrying out this or that campaign (gubernatorial or presidential). Carl Rove is also called ‘President Rove’ since his influence on President Bush is huge. Time magazine wrote that Rove is Bush-s brains, for it is widely believed that brains are Bush-s weak point (James, 2005).
George Bush trusted Carl Rove to have the right campaign strategy. Using Rove's strategy, Bush/Cheney and the Republicans won what will prove to be an epic victory................
