Prologue : the road to history -- A broken family on the western front -- King of the college Republicans -- Planting roots in Texas -- What is a Rovian campaign? -- Conquering Texas -- A new kind of governor -- Glimmers of the White House -- The grand plan -- Stung by New Hampshire, rescued by South Carolina -- The big Mo -- The Cheney choice -- Derailed by a Dui -- Days in hell -- The real West wing -- Thinking big -- 9/11 -- Ground zero -- Striking back -- What bipartisanship? -- Joe Wilson's attack -- Bush was right on Iraq -- The special prosecutor and me -- Getting ready for Kerry -- Drugs and marriage -- Trapping Kerry, making peace with Mccain -- Suspense and victory -- The democrats unleashed -- Anything for a scalp -- Katrina -- Republicans on the run -- The surge -- Yes, it was fun -- Leaving the White House -- Rove : the myth.