NEW YORK (Wall Street Journal) - Karl Rove, President Bush’s longtime political adviser, is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff effective Aug. 31, and returning to Texas, marking a turning point for the Bush presidency.
Mr. Rove’s departure removes one of the White House’s most polarizing figures, and perhaps signals the effective end of the lame duck administration’s role in shaping major domestic policy decisions. Mr. Rove revealed his plans in an interview with Paul Gigot, editor of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page.
“I just think it’s time,” Mr. Rove said in the interview. “There’s always something that can keep you here, and as much as I’d like to be here, I’ve got to do this for the sake of my family.” Mr. Rove and his wife have a home in Ingram, Texas, and a son who attends college in nearby San Antonio.
“With Merv Griffin’s passing, there’s a void, greater than the void in George Bush’s head,” Mr. Rove said. “And I have some wonderful ideas for the entertainment industry.”
Among Mr. Rove’s ideas are “Wheel of Policy,” where political leaders from the left, center, and right compete for directing U.S. foreign policy by spinning a wheel.
“Based on how fickle Americans and the rest of the world really are, this will give them all the chance to watch foreign policy in action,” Mr. Rove explained. “Someone on the left, say Hillary Clinton, would spin the wheel. If she won, she’d get to direct policy and keep spinning. If she loses one spin, then someone in the center, say Rudy Giuliani, would take over until he lost a spin. Then someone on the right, like Fred Thompson, would take over until he lost a spin. Then back to the left. We feel it would be a hit show, since one bad spin is about all the American people have the patience for anyway.”
Other shows planned include “Real Jeopardy,” where Americans question everything the White House does until the administration stops doing anything. “Then, we get to see what the title of the show is all about,” explained Mr. Rove.
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