Harvey Leroy "Lee" Atwater (February 26, 1951 - March 29, 1991) was an American Republican political consultant and strategist. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Newberry College, a small private Lutheran institution in Newberry, South Carolina. Atwater was a trusted advisor of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He was also a political mentor and close friend of Karl Rove. Wikipedia
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Bush and Sununu had already been briefed by the president's physician and knew far more than Atwater was prepared to acknowledge. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/bckgrn...
