Daily Called Editor-In-Chief Tucker Carlson chimed in on the very public back-and-forth between Sarah Palin and Karl Rove this morning on WMAL-DC’s Mornings on the Mall with Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor. When asked about the exchange Carlson said
Appearing on “FOX News Sunday’ Karl Rove responded to Sarah Palin’s comments at CPAC.
Sarah Palin did not mince words when talking about the Republican permanent political class of consultants–even making a reference to Karl “the architect” Rove–that has plagued the party with their timidity and venality: “Furlough the consultants.” In a thunderously electrifying
Brent Borzell : “You are a party’s nutty friends. he wants to protect the gop from challenges by far-right conservatives and tea party enthusiasts, no wonder media matters’ has called karl rove the republican voice of reason. that is the
ForAmerica chairman Brent Bozell mashed the Republican establishment in his speech to CPAC on Saturday. “John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Kevin McCarthy: You said all the right things to conservatives to propel the GOP back to the majority and you
The most hotly debated question in American politics right now is who will win the Republican civil war between the face of the establishment, Karl Rove, and the conservative grassroots. But while that question may be generating tons of media
Republican strategist Karl Rove erroneously claimed Wednesday that Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer was complicit in an emailed image that depicted him as a Nazi, deepening the conflictbetween Rove and the conservative grassroots. The image was actually sent out by
Newt Gingrich tees off on the “consultant-centric” model of campaigning, which he describes as campaigns in which the high-priced consultants call all the shots, moving the candidate around like a king on a chess board. He wants candidates who think
Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group that has fiercely supported free market principles and embraced the Tea Party movement, is considering getting involved in Republican primaries next year, which could pit the group against Karl Rove’s recently-created super PAC. Tim
Republican Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told Karl Rove to keep his new super PAC, which some conservatives believe was created to wage war on them, out of Iowa’s Republican primaries. “I basically told Karl Rove that what he was doing
Fox News’ Fox News Sunday, power panel featuring Author Bob Woodward and Republican strategist Karl Rove in a tense exchange
Breitbart News editor-at-large Ben Shapiro will give a keynote address at the California Republican Party convention this March, taking the spot previously scheduled for Karl Rove. According to the Sacramento Bee, “Rove’s talk has been moved to the Saturday luncheon because of
If you’re a donor or potential donor to Karl Rove’s group American Crossroads, I recommend you listen to Mark Levin’s recent interview with Donald Trump, because they disclosed some long overdue truths that needed to be said. Trump and Levin made
“Karl Rove is bad news for the Republican Party.” With those words Donald Trump officially joined the ongoing battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party by aligning himself as a defender of the tea party and a merciless
Two politicians involved in Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign have contradicted GOP strategist Karl Rove’s boast of directing the conservative icon’s Texas operation that year. Both Ernie Angelo, Ronald Reagan’s Texas campaign manager in 1980, and Rick Shelby, the 1980
Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to go after embattled Republican politico Karl Rove. “Karl Rove’s strategy and commercials were the worst I have ever seen,” Trump wrote. “Karl Rove is a total loser. Money given to him might as well
Conservative author Craig Shirley, a Ronald Reagan biographer, told conservative leaders on Friday that he cannot find any records of GOP strategist Karl Rove having ever worked for Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign. “In the course of my research for Rendezvous
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), a Tea Party surprise Congressional elect in 2010, then lost to Democrat Tammy Duckworth in a redrawn district in the 2012 election cycle, is launching a Super PAC to fight the Karl Rove-led Conservative Victory Project. “I’m
After smearing movement conservative icon Brent Bozell as a “hater” who has a “sordid history of hating Karl Rove,” Jonathan Collegio of American Crossroads mocked a group of prominent conservatives who wrote a letter to Crossroads GPS President Steven Law
The GOP industrial complex must be bored of late. Hagel, Brennan, Benghazi, gun control legislation, EPA scandals, and the sequester are just not holding their attention. What a perfect time to start an intra-movement war by jockeying for the official
When a person amasses too much power, they often believe they are indestructible. What Karl Rove and company did last week in the New York Times, claiming that their new “Conservative Victory Project” would cure the ills of a disappointing
When given the opportunity to rebut the sharp criticism leveled Tuesday by Brent Bozell directed at Karl Rove, Jonathan Collegio of Rove’s American Crossroads might have made things worse, if not personal. “Bozell is a hater and he also has a long
Karl Rove’s appearance on Fox News’ Hannity was a straightforward and well-intentioned attempt to walk back damage done to American Crossroads by Saturday’s New York Times article, which placed Rove in direct opposition to the Tea Party. “This is not
Hannity characterized Karl Rove’s new project as one that seeks to protect Republican incumbents from primary challengers. “This is not to protect incumbent Republicans,” Rove replied. Rove said that in the instance of the Akin race, there were “Tea Party
The conservative group American Majority Action has a message for GOP strategist Karl Rove: “Thanks for leading GOP to failure, we’ll take it from here.” In a release to the press, AMA’s Ron Meyer said that, “Karl Rove, fresh off
Brent Bozell, Chairman of ForAmerica, a conservative political action committee, is not very pleased with Karl Rove and his plan to campaign against GOP candidates whom he deems “unelectable” due to their tea party connections. Bozell joined me and
Former George W. Bush advisor, Karl Rove said that Rubio was “the best communicator since Ronald Reagan.” Rove appeared on Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier with Democrat Joe Trippi, who also believes that Rubio is the glue that
When Republicans want to reach back in history to prove a point, they point to Ronald Reagan. I can understand why. Reagan was a great President but he wasn’t the only Republican President. Abraham Lincoln’s main priority was preserving the
The battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party has begun. On one side is the Tea Party. On the other side stand Karl Rove and his establishment team, posing as tacticians while quietly undermining conservatism. Yesterday, the
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) — Comedian Stephen Colbert said he’ll donate much of the $770,000 left at the political action committee supporting his faux presidential campaign to charity. The “Colbert Report” host said Thursday: — $125,000 will go to Hurricane
Business magnate Donald Trump tweeted late Monday that if Republicans ever want to win presidential elections in the next few decades, they must rid themselves of GOP consultant Karl Rove. “If the Republicans ever want to win a presidential election
Newt Gingrich, scholar of history, is asserting that Hillary Clinton cannot be defeated by the Republican Party in the 2016 presidential campaign if the party remains in its current form: If their competitor in ’16 is going to be Hillary
Karl Rove, the head of the much-maligned SuperPAC American Crossroads and former Bush senior advisor, has been shelved by Fox News, according to New York Magazine. Roger Ailes, head of Fox News, is reportedly rethinking the branding of the network
Fox News chairman Roger Ailes said Republican consultant and Fox News contributor Karl Rove “was wrong” and “our guys were right” on Election night in calling Ohio for President Barack Obama. After Fox News’ election team called Ohio for Obama,
Karl Rove autopsies the 2012 election loss in a Wall Street Journal column today. It’s well worth a read, but this is the part I found most interesting: The GOP must reduce the destructiveness of the presidential primaries. In the
Add Robert Klein’s name to the list of celebrity sore winners. The cerebral comic visited David Letterman on last night’s edition of “The Late Show,” and when the host steered their chat to the just-wrapped elections Klein couldn’t contain his
I was obviously depressed in the immediate wake of last week’s defeat. Even worse than another four years of Obama was the notion that the electorate had changed in a fundamental way. It looked like I was wrong about the
Fox News anchor Bret Baier speaks publicly for the first time about the controversy over Karl Rove disputing the Fox News election night call for President Obama. Baier was interviewed on WMAL in Washington DC by Brian Wilson and Breitbart
As Republicans try to explain their Election Day losses in terms of policy, tactics, and strategy, one factor is emerging as the essential difference between the Obama and Romney campaigns on November 6: the absolute failure of Romney’s get-out-the-vote effort,
Karl Rove, whose precinct-to-precinct electoral expertise is almost unmatched in the pundit sphere, has asserted that Mitt Romney’s poll numbers give him a clear edge in the presidential election. Rove’s prediction? Romney 51%, Obama 48%, with Romney winning at least
