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[T]he economy remains the top issue for the electorate.

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Karl Rove
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 25
Former White House Deputy Chief Of Staff
Journalist
Lobbyist
Political Adviser
Politician
Denver
Colorado
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In chaos, there is opportunity.
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I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.
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Once again the powers of light and good have triumphed over the media!
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Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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I believe in limited government and the right of the individual to make choices and in a strong national defense and in freedom and liberty as being the right of every person on the face of the Earth.
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I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.
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The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.
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The president has an obligation to serve all the people of America.
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I mean, if you have to wake up in the morning to be validated by the editorial page of the New York Times, you got a pretty sorry existence.
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But the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.
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