BACKGROUND
Rove is a long-standing friend and advisor to President Bush and a fellow Texan. He has been active in Republican party politics since he attended the University of Utah. Rove ran the primary campaign for the President's father before Reagan won the Republican nomination in 1980, was a central figure, along with Karen Hughes, in the President's campaign for the governorship of Texas in 1994 and was the chief strategist for the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.

PREMISE OF THE SUIT
SPADES are members of President George W. Bush's Administration, either Cabinet members or Advisors. The departments they lead implement the rules and policies established by the Administration as well as by the laws passed by the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate. They are in power as appointees of the President who is in office because of the choices made in the 2000 Presidential election by the voters and the U.S. Supreme Court.

LINKS
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