Posted on 05/12/2015 6:55:29 AM PDT by jimbo123
They’ve had plenty of tangles over the years. Now, the two Republicans are rivals in the quest for GOP megabucks.
Jeb Bush was running for reelection as Florida’s governor in 2002 and needed the help of his brother, the president. But there was one person standing in his way: Karl Rove.
Rove, the storied strategist who helped steer George W. Bush into the White House two years earlier, had laid down a strict rule for candidates seeking presidential assistance: No one — not even Jeb — would have unfettered access to the commander in chief.
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Now, at the onset of the 2016 campaign, Bush and Rove find themselves on another collision course.
Part of the struggle is playing out on phone calls and private meetings, as both compete for the nation’s most sought-after Republican donors. As Bush intensifies fundraising for his Right to Rise super PAC, expected to reach $100 million by the end of this month, he finds himself approaching many of the same contributors as Rove, whose American Crossroads super PAC is also financially dependent on many of the givers who have long supported the political causes and campaigns of the extended Bush family network.
But with Bush gobbling up record amounts of cash, there is an increasing sense that the two groups are destined to clash — and that Rove’s American Crossroads, which spent $325 million on a disappointing 2012 presidential election, will ultimately be the odd man out.
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Not believing the premise of the article.
The Cheap Labor Express is bankrolling them both and there is no struggle, only cooperation.
Whatever it takes to convince us to give up our country without a fight or make sure we have no choice.
The problem for Karl Rove is that he’s not going to collect advertising commissions on the money that is going to Jeb. That’s why he is squawking.
'What a bunch of crap' ping. Karl 'plants' an article which pretends that he isn't linked at the hip with Jebby. FAIL!
Rove underestimates us, and over estimates himself......
Knowing Rove, it's about business and power. He probably wants Jeb to kiss his arse as a power play and in return he won't cause problems in the papers.
B.S. They are on the same page. They know that each of them are despised from the right and teaming up publicly would doom them. So, they spew this misinformation in hopes of avoiding a loss in the primary.
Once the rigged game and any changes in the primary rules as they go along (remember Michigan and Romney?) assure Jeb the nomination, these two will publicly kiss and make up thus ending the faux feud “for the betterment of the party and the nation.”
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