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George Bush's Texas trouble: why the Democrats may take the Lone Star State. (Gazette).
American Prospect, The, June, 2002 by Confessore, Nicholas
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WHEN KAREN HUGHES announced her decision to leave the White House and return to Texas, the only thing Washington could agree on was that it was a loss for George W. Bush. It was Hughes who helped Bush find his voice during the 2000 elections, who signed off on speeches, who helped loosen him up.
It was Hughes, the pundits agreed, who kept the White House "leak-proof and disciplined"; Hughes, wrote Newsweek, steered Bush toward "an almost pitch-perfect tone of strength and reassurance" in the weeks after September 11. "What will he do without her?" ...
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