Federal elections turn to permanent campaigning
Fox News
08/10/05
It's no coincidence that Karl Rove, who has orchestrated the strategy behind President Bush's winning campaigns since Bush ran for governor of Texas in 1994, now has a senior White House position orchestrating policy. Political analysts and insiders say Rove's ascendance in the White House is a natural outgrowth of what has become the 'permanent campaign,' in which the day after an election victory becomes the first day of the next campaign cycle. 'Basically, there is no separation between campaigning and governing,' said Kathryn Tenpas, a senior fellow with the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis. The concept of a permanent campaign didn't start with President Bush; it began with Richard Nixon, who was the first president to hire a pollster for the sole purpose of gauging White House policy...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165255,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
08/10/05
It's no coincidence that Karl Rove, who has orchestrated the strategy behind President Bush's winning campaigns since Bush ran for governor of Texas in 1994, now has a senior White House position orchestrating policy. Political analysts and insiders say Rove's ascendance in the White House is a natural outgrowth of what has become the 'permanent campaign,' in which the day after an election victory becomes the first day of the next campaign cycle. 'Basically, there is no separation between campaigning and governing,' said Kathryn Tenpas, a senior fellow with the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis. The concept of a permanent campaign didn't start with President Bush; it began with Richard Nixon, who was the first president to hire a pollster for the sole purpose of gauging White House policy...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165255,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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