The Republican establishment and outside groups like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are trying to blunt the influence of conservatives inside and outside of Congress to make it easier to pass amnesty. According to a
Even though Karl Rove’s American Crossroads brand has been damaged after the group declared war against conservative candidates, the group will reportedly try to influence the 2014 midterm elections by bullying campaigns and creating groups that, on the surface, do not
On Christmas Day, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it plans to spend at least $50 million to “support establishment, business-friendly candidates in primaries and the general election, with an aim of trying to
On Thursday, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin said House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is lashing out at conservatives and throwing “temper tantrums” because he wants to delegitimize them as preparation for the looming fight over amnesty. Levin said Boehner
In November the left-wing publication ProPublica reported that Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS gave Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) $26.4 million in 2012. What ProPublica failed to note is that this donation by Rove’s group accounted for more than
A candidate for U.S. Senate, Daniel S. Sullivan, ran the legal office that let a criminal out of jail who sexually assaulted a toddler and murdered an elderly couple–just twelve hours after he was released from state prison for a previous
(AP) IRS pushes to rein in tax-exempt political groupsBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration is trying to rein in the use of tax-exempt groups for political campaigning. The effort launched Tuesday is an attempt to reduce the role of loosely
In response to the news that Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS is funding Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) to the tune of $26 million in 2012, Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator Jenny Beth Martin told Breitbart News that Rove
Tax documents from Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS show that Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is largely funded by Rove, ProPublica’s Kim Barker reports. “Social welfare nonprofits, also known as dark money groups because they don’t have to report
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on a conference call organized by Karl Rove’s Crossroads organization for large donors and their advisers on Oct. 30 that the Tea Party movement, in his view, is a “nothing but a bunch of bullies”
Many in the GOP establishment, from major fundraisers and consultants, to GOP officeholders such as the GOP Lt. Gov and mayor of Virginia Beach, have either trashed Attorney General Ken Cuccinnelli or endorsed McAuliffe outright. The GOP national machine has
Before Republicans ultimately gave in to President Obama’s demands in the shutdown/debt ceiling debate, GOP strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday the Republican Party should quit while it is not as far behind as it could be. Rove appeared on Fox
A Fox News Sunday panel got nasty over Benghazi with Juan Williams dismissing his and Brit Hume and Karl Rove
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Fox News contributors Juan Williams and Karl Rove suggest during “Fox News Sunday” that Barack Obama’s decision to consult Congress on a Syria military intervention will make Republican lawmakers “kick the can down the
Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS is “fighting” Obamacare’s implementation by submitting a video to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $30,000 video contest. The video makes fun of Obamacare and casts the president’s health care law as a boon
Former Bush administration spokeswoman and The Five co-host Dana Perino praised Danny Strong, who wrote the screenplay for Lee Daniels’ The Butler, saying he was an “excellent producer” and an “amazing” writer. Perino made her remarks on Tuesday’s episode of Fox News’ The Five in a
Donald Trump blasted Republican consultant Karl Rove for wasting over $400 million on ads during the 2012 election that he said were terrible and ineffective. Speaking at the Family Leadership Summit on Saturday in Iowa, Trump asserted that Rove–and his
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According to Federal Election Commission records, two Tea Party political action committees have raised more money combined in 2013 than three political action committees affiliated with Karl Rove. Politico reported on Wednesday that “[t]he trio of conservative outside groups founded
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Fox News’s “Hannity” Tuesday that he “would love to debate” Republican strategist Karl Rove on defunding Obamacare. Cruz insisted that the federal government has never rolled back a massive government program like Obamacare once fully
Karl Rove and more than one hundred Republican donors sent a letter to Republican members of Congress on Tuesday, urging them to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would include, among other provisions, granting “legal status” to illegal aliens who meet
Appearing on Fox News’s On The Record on Friday evening, former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin contrasted herself with Republican strategist Karl Rove by holding up a “redneck version of a whiteboard” with a list of Obama
New polling data obtained exclusively by Breitbart News shows that two thirds of American voters oppose Congress funding the Affordable Care Act–known to its critics as “Obamacare”– because they feel the law is not ready for implementation. When respondents were
On Thursday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) fired back at Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, accusing the “establishment Republican” of vilifying opponents of comprehensive immigration reform by using the same tactics Obamacare proponents employed to ram through the health
Speaking at Aspen Ideas Festival on Thursday, Republican commentator Karl Rove said Mitt Romney’s campaign lost the 2012 election to President Barack Obama because of tactical failures. For all of Romney’s negatives, Rove said Romney may have had a better
Karl Rove was at the Aspen Ideas Festival Thursday and described the two big tactical mistakes Romney made that, in Rove’s view, cost him the election. The Atlantic‘s Garance Franke-Ruta has a piece recounting the conversation between Rove and Atlantic
Earlier this week, GOP political consultant Karl Rove attacked Breitbart News–inaccurately–during a Fox News Channel appearance. Rove had singled out a story from Breitbart News’ Big Government editor Mike Flynn as “simply not true” on the air. Flynn has subsequently debunked
On Monday, GOP political commentator Karl Rove sharply criticized a recent Breitbart News article on new language in the Senate amnesty bill. Appearing on FoxNews to defend the bill’s security provisions, Rove singled out a Breitbart story which appeared Friday
In response to Dems Hope To Portray Issa As An ‘Overzealous Prosecutor’: If the political polarity of these scandals were reversed, and this was all happening under a Republican Administration, the Democrat equivalent of Issa would be hailed as a
‘This Week’ Roundtable Arianna Huffington, Gwen Ifill, Paul Gigot, Karl Rove, David Plouffe on Michele Bachmann’s retirement from Congress…
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. ABC: Former White House senior adviser and Democratic strategist David Plouffe fought back against assertions from GOP strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to George W. Bush Karl Rove that the IRS’s
Watch the ‘FOX News Sunday’ panel, Brit Hume, Kirsten Powers, Karl Rove and Dennis Kucinich as they discuss Benghazi in “Panel Plus.”
Karl Rove talks the political targeting of conservative groups… From Sen. Chuck Schumer’s website: A group of seven Senate Democrats urged the Internal Revenue Service on Monday to impose a strict cap on the amount of political spending by tax-exempt,
More conservative organizations and individuals have emerged to tell their stories of tax troubles after revelations surfaced that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative organizations unjustly. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R – OH) stated at the weekly GOP
Alec Baldwin wins the stuffed Teddy bear prize for the most imaginative defense of the IRS scandal engulfing the Obama administration. Or, to use Baldwin’s Twitter turn of phrase, “scandal.” The combustible 30 Rock actor, who enjoys quitting and then
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who told Republicans in late 2012 to cave on higher taxes to President Obama, now thinks Republicans should stop attacking former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her role in American failures before, during, and
Last Friday, the American Association of Political Consultants honored Targeted Victory, the consulting firm that was paid more than $96 million by the Republican National Committee and the Romney campaign during the 2012 election cycle. The AAPC is the largest association of
This year at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Breitbart News was fortunate enough to get some time to interview one of the most redoubtable conservative activists in the nation, Phyllis Schlafly. In this eighteen minute video you will encounter a
STEPHANOPOULOS: Jim Messina, it’s no secret there was a lot of resistance from Democrats on the assault weapons ban, including Harry Reid. You saw Mayor Bloomberg right there. He’s going to be advertising in both Democratic and Republican districts, Democrat
