Karl Rove had a difficult childhood, growing up with divorced parents and later losing his mother to suicide. He put himself through college, becoming involved in politics as the president of his college Republicans. Rove went on to advise several major political campaigns as a strategist, most notably serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for George W. Bush. Today, he remains politically active through writing, speaking, and using social media to share his conservative views.

2.  Grew up in Colorado and Nevada
 His parents divorced and he had to pay to put
himself through college
 He attended University of Utah, the University
of Maryland-College Park, George Mason
University, and the University of Texas at
Austin.
 Became the President of the College
Republicans at age 22

3.  Rove is well known today as a political analyst
 Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior
Advisor to President George W. Bush
 Author of New York Times bestseller, Courage
and Consequence: My life as a Conservative in
the Fight
 Rove has also written for The Daily Beast,
Financial Times, Forbes, FoxNews.com,
HumanEvents.com, Newsweek, The Times,
Washington Post, and The Weekly Standard.
 Currently writes weekly for The Wall Street
Journal

4.  Karl Rove didn’t have such a great childhood
 His father left not long after he was born, his
mother’s second husband adopted him
 Mother and stepfather later divorced after his
mother came out as a homosexual
 Rove’s mother committed suicide in 1981

5. •Currently the only book that
Rove has published is Courage
and Consequence
•He continues to publish
regularly for many news
outlets and newspapers

7.  Karl Rove has both a Twitter and a Facebook
 He uses both of these social media outlets
regularly to voice his opinion on politics
 He also has a blog on FoxNews.com

8.  Rove has worked on numerous, successful
campaigns, just to name a few, Senator Phil
Graham, Gov. Rick Perry, Senator John
Cornyn, Senator John Ashcroft, and President
George W. Bush
 He currently owns his own political consulting
company, Rove & Company
 He currently works as a political analyst for
numerous outlets

9.  Karl Rove has worked his way up from the
bottom
 He didn’t start out having any political
connections through family members, etc.
 He overcame a very adverse childhood and
went on to become successful
 Rove says he got his start in politics when a
high school teacher convinced him to run for
student Senate
 He won the student election and it became the
foundation for his career

10.  Rove uses social media frequently to promote
his book and his political articles
 His website is updated regularly with his
newest article
 He uses social media not only to promote his
work but to connect with his fans and to help
educate the American people on things
involving the political process
 He continues to be actively involved in the
political process and often helps non-profit and
non-partisan groups

11.  http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/ka
rl-rove/index.html
 http://topics.wsj.com/person/R/karl-
rove/5686
 http://www.rove.com/