Karl Rove Inks Deal With Simon & Schuster

By Maryann Yin 

Karl Rove (GalleyCat)Karl Rove, a former senior advisor to President George W. Bush, has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster. Rove (pictured, via) plans to write a book entitled The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters.

Priscilla Painton, an executive editor, negotiated the deal with Robert Barnett, a partner at the Williams & Connolly LLP law firm. The publisher has scheduled the release date for November 2015.

Here’s more from the press release: “The book offers a fresh look at President William McKinley, whose 1896 campaign defeated William Jennings Bryan. McKinley’s election ended a bitter period of political gridlock and reformed and modernized his party, thereby creating a governing majority that dominated American politics for the next thirty-six years. Rove argues that the 1896 political environment resembles that of today: A rapidly changing electorate affected by a growing immigrant population, an uncertain economy disrupted by new technologies, growing income inequality, and contentious issues the two parties could not resolve.”