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To: stockman_scott who wrote (79883)	9/22/2006 5:49:04 PM
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'NYT' Sunday Preview: Ken Mehlman is 'Anal-Retentive, Man!' Says Karl Rove By E&P Staff Published: September 22, 2006 3:20 PM ET NEW YORK In the upcoming issue of The New York Times Magazine this Sunday, political reporter Adam Nagourney profiles Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee. It kicks off under the headline “Lost Horizons” with the deck, “When Ken Mehlman took over the Republican Party, his goal was to secure a G.O.P. majority for decades to come. Now he’s just trying to survive November.”” An advance copy of the issue sent to E&P contained a rather amusing typo in a description of Mehlman’s upbringing, in which he is described as “the son of a certified public account.” Nagourney notes that while the GOP chief just turned 40, “there are dark bags under Mehlman’s eyes now.” In recent weeks he adds, Mehlman, “who never seemed to take pleasure in the kind of sledgehammer attack that [Karl] Rove so clearly savors” has resorted to “searing partisan attacks.” This past summer, Nagourney observed that Mehlman’s usual “bouncy confidence” was missing when they discussed the fall elections. But Mehlman tells Nagourney: “I’m not flipping out.” Nagourney relates: “His White House colleagues and friends poke fun at his obsession with order and measurement, at his daily spreadsheet of to-do lists.” He quotes Karl Rove on Mehlman: “He’s anal-retentive, man!” In any case, Mehlman felt the results of two key early contests in this cycle – the race for Duke Cunningham’s open House seat in California and the recent GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island – were “encouraging.” One lengthy section of the article looks at Mehlman’s attempts to attract African-American candidates and voters, which Nagourney calls “a recurring frustration of his chairmanship,” perhaps doomed by the White House’s performance post-Katrina. Nagourney writes that black leaders don’t question Mehlman’s sincerity, but Sen. Barack Obama says that what President Bush and Mehlman “are not not willing to do is fundamentally change a set of priorities, or reorient their party, in a way that is actually going to help the African-American community get ahead.” The article also touches on the “at once cooperative and competitive” relationship between Mehlman and White House political boss Rove. “Mehlman’s friends voice private frustration,” Nagourney writes, “at just how much credit Rove drew for the campaign of 2004, though Mehlman is far too disciplined and corporate to concede any such resentment.” editorandpublisher.com