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Top G.O.P. Donors Seek Greater Say in Senate Races (Tokyo Rove SuperPac to attack Tea Party)
NY Times ^ | 2/3/13 | JEFF ZELENY

Posted on 02/03/2013 11:18:18 AM PST by jimbo123

The biggest donors in the Republican Party are financing a new group to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party’s efforts to win control of the Senate.

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The Conservative Victory Project, which is backed by Karl Rove and his allies who built American Crossroads into the largest Republican super PAC of the 2012 election cycle, will start by intensely vetting prospective contenders for Congressional races to try to weed out candidates who are seen as too flawed to win general elections.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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Bring it on, Ms. Rove.
1 posted on 02/03/2013 11:18:23 AM PST by jimbo123
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I do not know who I despise more, the rats of these dirt bags.


2 posted on 02/03/2013 11:23:32 AM PST by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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"Rove Declares War on Tea Party"

Obama sends Valentine Card to Karl Rove


3 posted on 02/03/2013 11:24:14 AM PST by Iron Munro (I Miss America, don't you?)
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To: Iron Munro

What is the point of having a senate controlled by Rinos who will just act like democrats anyway. Better these senators have their feet held to the fire knowing they will be primaried if they don’t vote in the way the people who elected them expect them to do. It is high time for a third party but we don’t need to make yet another one. There are two established parties out there, the libertarian and the constitution, they differ quite a bit from each other, but they both believe in limited government, individual responsibility and liberty. So my advice: Examine them both carefully, decide which is the best fit, and leave the GOP, it is over. And stop voting for the lesser of 2 evils, until we stop doing this, evil doing is what we are going to get!


4 posted on 02/03/2013 11:32:46 AM PST by erkelly (Never underestimate the stupidity of the stupid party!)
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To: Mark17

These dirt bags. They want another shot at losing an election. Next thing you know they will want to change the Republican Party logo (which DOES need changing) to a half elephant/half donkey image with a hammer and sickle implanted on its forehead. Or a pinata. Establishment Republican bastards make me sick.


5 posted on 02/03/2013 11:36:59 AM PST by Nucluside (ready)
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To: jimbo123

Fight! Make your calls, emails! And dont mince words!!!!
I make it a point to do so at least once a week from here...when I return to the States Im gonna increase my efforts!


6 posted on 02/03/2013 11:43:49 AM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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I am sure his little cheerleader's on here will also be behind him (secretly of course) the whole way.

Who needs Conservatives? A Huntsman/Bush ticket will surely get the base to the voting booth.

7 posted on 02/03/2013 11:46:23 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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Yeah, Senators Tommy Thompson and Connie Mack etc. can attest to the value of the establishement’s picks.


8 posted on 02/03/2013 11:48:46 AM PST by cotton1706
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Rove’s boy lost the presidential election - his next boys for these senate seats will lose, too, then his choice, Jeb Bush, will lose the 2016 presidential election. Rove gathers millions of dollars for his boys but they still lose.


9 posted on 02/03/2013 11:50:13 AM PST by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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OK, you stupid bas72r$. You’ve already lost 2012 because you failed to bring real conservatives to your table and out to vote. I guess you think that trying to bring more RINO,s along will help your cause. ‘Ain’t gonna happen you jerk.


10 posted on 02/03/2013 11:54:15 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Nucluside
Establishment Republican bastards make me sick.

Amen brother.

11 posted on 02/03/2013 11:58:35 AM PST by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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To: jimbo123

Tokyo Rove’s RINO Victory Project.


12 posted on 02/03/2013 12:01:59 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: Marcella

This is just another scam by Tokyo Rove to steal even more money from GOP donors and pocket his “consulting fees” while losing.


13 posted on 02/03/2013 12:01:59 PM PST by jimbo123
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Keeping in mind this is the NY Times, I still can't help but wonder what the true goal of such a SuperPac can be?

Karl Rove and his establishment got their perfect Presidential ideological candidate last time, a “Moderate” (truly a Liberal), and the result was the same as every time the Republican Party runs a “Moderate” nominee, a loss. Now they will continue to employ such a strategy on the Senate?

Either the Republican establishment truly likes being the minority party or they are truly blind to reality.

Question is, does the Conservative plurality continue to attempt to regain control of this Party, or do we look elsewhere?

14 posted on 02/03/2013 12:02:11 PM PST by Rational Thought
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It’s all about Karl Rove scamming consulting fees from GOP donors. It’s not about winning for Tokyo Rove. It’s about lining his pockets with scammed dollars and screwing GOP donors.


15 posted on 02/03/2013 12:10:01 PM PST by jimbo123
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So this crew would prefer candidates like McCain (loser) and Romney(loser)?

How’s that working out for them...and us?


16 posted on 02/03/2013 12:15:20 PM PST by FatherFig1o155 (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason.)
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If only all the legit conservatives could/would shut the spigot off to the GOP. You’d be better off flushing you money down the toilet, at least it couldn’t be used to support traitors. Unless you’re directly supporting a TP candidate, no money, no volunteering, no nothing.


17 posted on 02/03/2013 12:15:38 PM PST by Hayride
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The Conservative Victory Project, which is backed by Karl Rove and his allies

I guess that is supposed to mean victory OVER conservatives.

18 posted on 02/03/2013 12:16:14 PM PST by montag813
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To: Rational Thought
Karl Rove and his establishment got their perfect Presidential ideological candidate last time, a “Moderate” (truly a Liberal), and the result was the same as every time the Republican Party runs a “Moderate” nominee, a loss. Now they will continue to employ such a strategy on the Senate?

Lugar probably would have won in Indiana in 2012. Another candidate might have won in Missouri that year. Castle could have won in Delaware in 2012.

At the presidential level, Reagan won as a solid conservative. The other winners, Eisenhower, Nixon, the Bushes, had spottier records. Goldwater, another solid conservative, lost by a landslide.

19 posted on 02/03/2013 12:45:46 PM PST by x
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ALL you need to know:

Representative Steve King of Iowa could be an early target of the Conservative Victory Project.


20 posted on 02/03/2013 12:46:43 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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