Rove: Easy decisions never reach the president in the Oval Office
Karl Rove · Political Mastermind: How to Influence Others and Get What You Want - Karl Rove · Jul 9, 2024 · at 24:33
Former White House Senior Advisor Karl Rove discusses the institutional realities of presidential decision-making and executive leadership.
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“None of the easy decisions show up in the Oval Office. All those get settled elsewhere. And when somebody is sitting in behind that big desk, they have to have people who walk in and can lay out the different options that they have pluses and minuses, and then let the principal, the president make the decision and then support that decision.”
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