Karl Rove, the political mastermind behind President Bush's races for the White House and an adviser with unparalleled influence over the past 6½ turbulent years, announced his resignation Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, ending a partnership stretching back more than three decades.
It was a major loss for Mr. Bush as he heads into the twilight of his presidency, battered in the polls, facing a hostile Democratic Congress and waging an unpopular war.
Mr. Bush nicknamed Rove "the architect" and "boy genius" for successfully plotting two national election strategies and helping strengthen Republican majorities in Congress in 2002 and 2004.
Critics derisively called him "Bush's brain." During Mr. Bush's presidency, he has been one of Washington's most powerful and controversial figures.
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