Taxpayer-paid political advisor picks judicial appointments

as usual, we are spared any meaningful context...

Almost every Wednesday afternoon, advisers to President Bush gather to strategize about putting his stamp on the federal courts and the United States attorneys’ offices.

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Mr. Rove, a top adviser to the president, takes charge of the politics. As caretaker to the administration’s conservative allies, Mr. Rove relays their concerns, according to several participants in the Wednesday meetings. And especially for appointments of United States attorneys, he manages the horse trading.

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Political advisers have had a hand in picking judges and prosecutors for decades, but Mr. Rove exercises unusually broad influence over political, policy and personnel decisions because of his closeness to the president, tenure in the administration and longstanding interest in turning the judiciary to the right.

the missing context is that i believe rove is the first presidential political advisor to occupy a white house staff slot... i've been looking for the article on that i remember reading way back when... when i find it i'll post the link... the point is that, in the bush white house, it's all politics, all the time...

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