Bush insiders reflect on president's legacy

By Ken Herman
WASHINGTON BUREAU
Sunday, December 07, 2008

WASHINGTON — On a sofa on the second floor of the comfortable Washington home that George W. Bush's career helped put him in, Karl Rove reflects on an administration that didn't turn out as anticipated.

"No. It all turns out different," he said. Not bad, he insists, just different. "We were all smarter before we showed up here."

Much of Washington, Rove said, never accepted Bush as a legitimate president and "acted accordingly."