For Hill GOP, Rove Has Mixed Legacy

• By Erin P. Billings and Susan Davis
• Roll Call Staff
• June 19, 2007, Midnight

Six years into President Bush’s tenure, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has developed a mixed reputation among Republicans on Capitol Hill, many of whom view him as both the GOP’s greatest electoral tactician of the decade and, increasingly, as the mastermind behind some of the party’s major policy and political fiascos.