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79S30263 MMS-D

By:  Goolsby                                                      H.R. No. 27 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Karl Rove, the formidable political strategist who 
serves as senior advisor to President George W. Bush and as the 
president's deputy chief of staff in charge of policy, was roasted 
during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Headliners Club on 
January 12, 2006; and
	WHEREAS, Born in 1950, Mr. Rove was raised in Colorado, 
Nevada, and Utah; fascinated with politics from an early age, he 
worked on his first campaign in 1968 while a high school senior, and 
by 1971 he had become executive director of the College Republican 
National Committee; subsequently, from 1973 to 1975, he led that 
organization as national chairman; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Rove moved to Texas in 1977 and went to work for 
State Representative Fred Agnich; the following year he helped 
William P. Clements, Jr., become the first Republican governor of 
Texas since Reconstruction; and
	WHEREAS, In 1981 Mr. Rove established Karl Rove + Company, a 
direct mail consulting firm, and over the course of the next two 
decades he worked on hundreds of political campaigns; among the 
candidates to benefit from his expertise were President Ronald 
Reagan in 1984 and scores of Republicans across the country vying 
for gubernatorial, U.S. senatorial, and U.S. congressional 
offices; and
	WHEREAS, On his home ground, in Texas, he played an 
instrumental role in electing Phil Gramm to the U.S. House of 
Representatives in 1982 and to the U.S. Senate in 1984, Bill 
Clements to a second gubernatorial term in 1986, and Tom Phillips to 
the office of chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 1988; two 
years later he helped Rick Perry become Texas agriculture 
commissioner and Kay Bailey Hutchison state treasurer, and in 1993 
he assisted Ms. Hutchison in her successful run for the U.S. Senate; 
and
	WHEREAS, A key figure in George W. Bush's two successful runs 
for the governorship of Texas and then for the presidency of the 
United States, Mr. Rove serves as one of the president's closest 
advisors and also coordinates the policies of the National Security 
Council, Domestic Policy Council, National Economic Council, and 
Homeland Security Council; and
	WHEREAS, Before joining the president's administration, Mr. 
Rove taught at The University of Texas at Austin, in the LBJ School 
of Public Affairs and in the Department of Journalism, and served as 
a faculty member at the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies in 
Austria; in addition, he was a member of the Board of International 
Broadcasting, which oversaw the operations of Radio Free Europe and 
Radio Liberty, and served on the board of the McDonald Observatory; 
and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Rove and his wife, Darby, a graphic designer, 
married in 1986; they are the parents of a son, Andrew Madison Rove; 
and
	WHEREAS, Hailed by President Bush as the "architect" of his 
2004 victory and credited by observers on all sides as a remarkable 
strategist, Karl Rove continues to make an invaluable contribution 
to the leadership and vision of the Bush administration; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor Karl Rove on his 
roast at the 50th anniversary gala of the Headliners Club and 
recognize him for the pivotal role he has played in shaping U.S. 
politics and policies at the opening of the 21st century; and, be it 
further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Rove as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.