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Top White-House aide Karl Rove, seen by many as the brains behind George W. Bush, has announced he will step at the end of August. Reviled by democrats, loved by Republicans, Karl Rove leaves behind a considerable political legacy in his shadowy political manipulations for a "permanent republican majority".

In his 2004 election acceptance speech, Bush referred to him simply as "the architect". "Everyone in the room knew what that meant," says Washington Post reporter Mike Allen. "He was the architect of the public policies that got them there, he was the architect of the campaign platform, he was the architect of the fundraising strategy, he was the architect of the state-by-state strategy, he was the architect of the travel itinerary. His hand was in all of it." You can read more at the PBS timeline of Karl Rove.