Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power

Publishers WeeklyThe best-selling author of House of Bush, House of Saud sets his sights on George W. Bush's senior adviser Karl Rove, investigating the history that Unger claims includes political dirty tricks and corruption with Rove one of the most powerful men in the Republican Party. Unger asserts that Rove has been "putting together a systematic attempt to game the American electoral system by whatever means necessary" in order to establish Republican control of all three branches of government. According to Unger, Rove's tactics ranged from starting rumors about a rival candidate (e.g., that Democratic Texas governor Ann Richards was a lesbian) to appointing U.S. attorneys willing to indict Democratic candidates on dubious charges.