Karl Rove's Godmother

Frederic D. Schwarz in American Heritage says

As Donald T. Critchlow explains in impressive detail in the recently published Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade (Princeton University Press, 422 pages, $29.95), two decades of experience in Republican politics, including a pair of unsuccessful congressional campaigns, taught her how to craft arguments that would stir a wide audience, how to focus on hot-button issues and talking points, how to choose appealing representatives to make a case, and the importance of organizing at a local level and working tirelessly to fire up the troops.