Bush and Rove squandered the Reagan/ Gingrich Majority by Marc Rotterman

Back in the day when W’s poll numbers were through the roof, there was much talk of a Republican realignment by the president’s chief political adviser and confidant, Karl Rove.

Rove waxed poetic about creating a lasting Republican majority. During those heady times, Rove told anyone within earshot that his role model in this endeavor was the legendary political boss Mark Hanna, who was primarily responsible for the political career of William McKinley.

Hanna helped elect McKinley to the governor's mansion in Ohio and then to the Presidency in 1896.

During the race of 1896, it is said Hanna ran a hardball campaign for his principal McKinley and for the time, raised an unprecedented amount of money.

When Bush was re-elected, Bush hailed Rove as the "the architect"; Rove was in effect "Hanna" reborn.

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