In a way, you might say that David Duke is the son of Willie Horton. Duke is more overt, of course, but he's really just pushing the same buttons and sending the same coded messages that the Horton ads did so effectively for the Bush campaign last year.

He rose to prominence as an investigative reporter for ABC News where Rose spent 16 years working on shows such as Prime Time Live and Good Morning America. His father is radio talk show host Hilly Rose. Rose died in June 2000 while undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.