WASHINGTON — The most useless speculation today in Washington is whom Chief of Staff Josh Bolten might choose to replace Karl Rove at the White House. He is genuinely irreplaceable. Nobody will attempt to combine the political and policy functions as Rove has done. Indeed, fellow Republicans question whether he should have attempted the feat himself.

Rove was a principal target of congressional Democrats even before February 2005, when he became deputy chief of staff in addition ...

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