"The Rove Presidency" by Joshua Green appears in the September issue of the Atlantic. It may also be found on the Atlantic Online. This analysis of the current administration is clear-sighted, well grounded and succinctly written. To pique your interest, here is the final paragraph:

The Bush administration made a virtual religion of the belief that if you act boldly, others will follow in your wake. That certainly proved to be the case with Karl Rove, for a time. But for all the fascination with what Rove was doing and thinking, little attention was given to whether or not it was working and why. This neglect encompasses many people, though one person with far greater consequences than all the others. In the end, the verdict on George W. Bush may be as simple as this: He never questioned the big, booming voice of Oz, so he never saw the little man behind the curtain.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200709/karl-rove