Karl Rove's brother, Oly Rove, works at the Columbian:

So, it's not surprising that they rated a visit from Marc Racicot during the election. The Columbian has its connections...

Local Bush connection: One of presidential candidate George W. Bush's top advisers, often mentioned in places such as Time and Newsweek, is Karl Rove, whose kid brother, Oly, is The Columbian's ungeeklike computer czar.

Oly says his brother got interested in politics as a college student in Utah and has had a political consulting business in Austin, Texas, for years.