With the departure of Karl Rove the Bush administration now enters its last throes.

Reuters/Jason Reed

We'll go no more a-Rove-ing

The country takes leave of the political serial killer who tried to forge a one-party state. But don't expect the Mayberry Machiavelli to pay for his civic sins
By Sidney Blumenthal

Bush, Cheney and Rove were prepared to govern as radicals

The collapse of Karl Rove

The Pygmalion strategist from Texas built up the Republican Party by exploiting the religious right -- and now his handiwork is crumbling.