Karl Rove Speaks
Karl Rove, the architect of President Bush's two presidential campaign victories, talks about the rise of the Texas Republican Party in an exclusive interview with Host Paul Stekler -- with commentary by Rove biographer Wayne Slater (Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential) of The Dallas Morning News.
Panelists:
Wayne Slater, The Dallas Morning News
Wayne Slater
Wayne Slater is Senior Political Writer for The Dallas Morning News. He was appointed to his new position after serving 15 years as Austin bureau chief for The News. In his new assignment, he will continue traveling extensively to cover national and state politics. He has appeared on numerous network television shows and is co-author of The New York Times best seller, Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, published by John Wiley & Sons.Slater has reported on a variety of political and public figures, including Pope John Paul II and Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and both George Bushes. He traveled for 16 months full-time covering the presidential campaign of George W. Bush. He has covered every Republican and Democratic national convention since 1988, seven sessions of the Texas Legislature and the administrations of Texas Govs. Bill Clements, Ann Richards, George W. Bush and Rick Perry. He has appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, CNN’s Crossfire and Inside Politics, ABC’s Nightline and Good Morning America, C-Span, National Public Radio and Fox News’ The Beltway Boys and The O’Reilly Factor. He was also featured in the film documentary about the 2000 Bush presidential campaign, Journeys with George, which appeared on HBO. His book, Bush’s Brain, has been made into a feature documentary.
He began his journalism career as a reporter with The Parkersburg (W.Va.) Sentinel. Before joining The News, Slater worked for the Associated Press in West Virginia, Kansas, Illinois and Colorado.
He earned an undergraduate degree at West Virginia University and attended graduate school in journalism at Ohio University. He is married and has one son.
More about this topic:
- "Karl Rove, Master Of Political Moves"
By Nina J. Easton (The Washington Post, March 5, 2003)- "The Brains"
by Julian Borger (The Guardian, March 9, 2004)- "Texas Politics: The Myth vs. The Reality"
by Paul Stekler (interview from Last Man Standing, premiered on POV July 20, 2004)- "Last Man Standing" Web site from PBS' POV
- The PBS series POV
