The New York Times today carried three news stories and an editorial on Karl Rove's decision to leave the White House.  On page one, in the first paragraph of the lead story, Jim Ruternberg and Seven Lee Myers write [emphases added throughout] that:The decision ends Mr. Rove's role as the president's longest-serving and closest aide, and the one who most personified the bare-knuckle brand of politics Mr. Bush favors.I was curious about whether the Times had ever described someone else -- say James Carville -- as personifying a "bare-knuckle brand of politics."  So I put "bare-knuckle" and "Carville" into the Times' search engine covering all stories since 1981.  And sure enough, four articles answered my query:              In a February 20, 2006 article, reporter Elizabeth Bumiller referred to: Ms. [Mary] Matalin, a former campaign manager for the first President Bush who was...(Read Full Post)