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The Cult of Karl. (Correspondence).(Letter to the Editor)
American Prospect, The, February, 2003 by Pauls, Mike
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EVER SINCE KARL ROVE first confessed his adoration of William McKinley, commentators have been echoing the historical parallel between the administrations of McKinley and George W. Bush. Most recently is Harold Meyerson, who mentions Rove as a "latter-day Mark Hanna (the brain and muscle behind William McKinley who forged the coalition that made the Republicans the dominant party in the late-19th and early-20th centuries)" ["The Cult of Karl," Dec. 20].
Hanna and McKinley inherited a conservative Republican ascendancy that was already more than three decades ...
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