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Another Top Bush Aide Makes an Exit

By Michael A. Fletcher
Monday, May 28, 2007; Page A15

As the Bush administration inches closer to its concluding months, more top
aides are headed out to the private sector. Sara M. Taylor, the White House
political director and microtargeting guru who has been with George W. Bush
from the outset of his first presidential campaign, is the latest staff
member to leave the president's employ.

Taylor, 32, was one of the first people put on the payroll of the Bush
campaign, trekking through snowy Washington to interview with Karl Rove and
Bush, who was then governor of Texas. Taylor worked on the 2000 campaign,
and later became a political aide in the White House.

In 2004, she worked on Bush's reelection campaign, where she helped refine
the emerging political art of microtargeting. Working with Alex Gage of
TargetPoint Consulting, Taylor was among those who helped use sophisticated
analysis of consumer data to enable the Bush campaign to target potential
voters even when they resided in Democratic-leaning voting districts.

Just in the nick of time, it seems

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Subpoena authorized: The Senate Judiciary Committee has authorized a
subpoena for Sara Taylor, an Iowa native, in connection with the firings of
eight U.S. attorneys. No subpoena has actually been issued yet, though.

Taylor is the director of political affairs at the White House, which is
resisting appearances under oath by Taylor or anyone else in its shop who
the committee wants to question. Taylor is a native of Dubuque and a Drake
University graduate, and a top aide to political strategist Karl Rove.

Coincidentally, Grassley has been the only Republican on the committee
siding with Democrats on the subpoena issue. Aides said Grassley agrees with
all the votes so far for authorizations of subpoenas, although he was not
present for this particular voice vote because he arrived late.

Grassley missed the vote on Taylor because he was attending a meeting on
money laundering and also had to stop by the Agriculture Committee, aides
said.