Karl Rove
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 31: Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and CIA Director David Petraeus attend the unveiling ceremony of former President George W. Bush's offical portrait in the East Room of the White House May 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. Commissioned by the White House Historical Association, the portraits of Bush and former first lady Laura Bush will hang in the White House next to portraits of the other past presidents.
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Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives - including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - plan to spend roughly $1 billion
Karl Rove is a pathetic excuse for a human being and has never publicly apologized for his cowardice and culpability for what was said about my little sister in South Carolina during the 2000 race
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Alter: 2012 campaign is out of the gutter
because both sides agree that the economy is the central issue and that sideshows aren't persuasive for voters. Karl Rove and Larry McCarthy, the creator of the infamous Willie Horton ad, think harsh personal attacks against President Barack Obama will backfire, Read more »
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Shelly: There's no 'boomerang kid' crisis
parents of college students had better get the basements fixed up. According to none other than Karl Rove and his political action group, chances are better than 8 in 10 that the kids will be hauling themselves and their ratty belongings back home after graduation. Read more »
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Letter: Obama right to highlight successes
of bin Laden raid," News, May 1 ].My response is, in this era of the Citizens United decision on political speech, Karl Rove and every billionaire's super PAC flooding the airwaves with negative ads, often based on exaggeration and lies, this is nothing more Read more »
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Karl Rove: Why the 2012 Presidential Election Is Not Like 2004
Rove is the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush. President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney may be dead even in the polls, but some pundits insist the president will prevail on Election Day because 2012 is the new 2004. 7:35 PM from History News Network Read more »
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Poll: Only 3 in 10 women see ‘war on women’
day by 5 (ish) p.m! EARLIER ON THE FIX: John Edwards, unresolved Wisconsin recall: An un-civil war “So Joe Biden says to Karl Rove...”: A Fix caption contest Bill Clinton headed to Wisconsin for recall fight The Boston Obama press conference: Welcome to the 6:02 PM from The Washington Post Read more »
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Jennifer Rubin: Why 2004 should provide no comfort to Obama
Rove makes the case that President Obama’s team is foolish to believe 2012 is like 2004. He argues: “In the April 2004 ABC News/Washington Post poll, 64 percent said they saw Mr. Bush as a strong leader; 36 percent said he was not. Today, just 51 percent see 3:35 PM from The Washington Post Read more »
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How Karl Rove argues 2012 isn't 2004, except when it is
Rove has taken me and some of my colleagues to task for pointing out his inconsistent use of poll numbers. At issue is a recent Wall Street Journal column in which Rove noted that a Gallup seven-day tracking poll had President Obama and Mitt Romney tied at 3:34 PM from Dallas Morning News - Blogs Read more »
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George W. Bush Is President of Paintings
shit you’d get afterwards, right? But man oh man, if Obama weren’t such a SELLOUT, he would’ve arrested the whole room! Karl Rove was there, Alberto Gonzalez was there. George W. Bush was there. And there’s Tom Ridge and Dana Perino! Arrest Dana Perino first, 3:30 PM from Wonkette Read more »