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Rove reviews: Donald Trump, Rand Paul struggled at debate
CNN ^ | 8/7/15 | Walbert Castillo

Posted on 08/07/2015 6:09:23 PM PDT by jimbo123

Top political strategist for George W. Bush, Karl Rove was unimpressed with a couple of debate performances from Thursday night, critiquing the style and tone of Donald Trump and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

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"If you like Trump, that's not going to necessarily turn you off but the issue is that 80% of the people are supporting somebody else," Rove said. "Language like that, attack on Megyn (Kelly, the Fox News debate moderator), his refusal to say I'm a team player -- all of those things create a ceiling on how far he could go, and I think we may actually see some diminution in support of the next couple of weeks."

With perhaps the exception of two people last night -- Trump and Paul -- Rove said he believes the rest of the GOP hopefuls "opened up opportunities for upward movement."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: gope; jebbush; megynkelly; reincepriebus; rnc; rogerailes; rupertmurdoch; tokyorove; trump
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Tokyo Rove has been MIA since his Fox News Radio appearance this AM.
1 posted on 08/07/2015 6:09:24 PM PDT by jimbo123
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Tokyo Rove has been MIA since his Fox News Radio appearance this AM.

Well, it's Friday and maybe that doesn't mean anything. Unless...what is it? Spill the beans.
2 posted on 08/07/2015 6:12:57 PM PDT by Resettozero
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Well, Karl....I’m unimpressed by you...


3 posted on 08/07/2015 6:14:08 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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Rove SUCKS.

He is a LOSER


4 posted on 08/07/2015 6:15:30 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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5 posted on 08/07/2015 6:16:06 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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I’m not a Rand Paul fan by any stretch but he chewed up Chris Christie and spit him out over NSA surveillance.


6 posted on 08/07/2015 6:16:11 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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Rove is getting instructions from da bushes.


7 posted on 08/07/2015 6:16:18 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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FUKR!


8 posted on 08/07/2015 6:17:07 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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... his refusal to say I'm a team player...

That's exactly why people like him.

9 posted on 08/07/2015 6:17:55 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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Paul and Trump are both antiestablishment candidates. And since the audience was composed of party faithful attending a Gopee convention *. of course they appeared weaker

Rino are no better than little Kim.
*Rick Santorum said on Greta they were all in meetings during his debate. That’s why they had no audience


10 posted on 08/07/2015 6:18:10 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obam65a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?Shutting down and defunding is not enough. People)
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Trump must have done well if the architect of failure says that he struggled.


11 posted on 08/07/2015 6:20:23 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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If you like Trump, that's not going to necessarily turn you off but the issue is that 80% of the people are supporting somebody else," Rove said. "Language like that, attack on Megyn (Kelly, the Fox News debate moderator), his refusal to say I'm a team player -- all of those things create a ceiling on how far he could go, and I think we may actually see some diminution in support of the next couple of weeks."

I see you are ready to waste another $400 million of your clients' money on another failed candidate, Karl.

The ceiling on Trump went from 20% to 30% before last night and now to almost 50%.

Your candidate, the Jebster, went from the low teens to single digits.

Great strategy there,pal.

You can stick that white board where the sun don't shine, LOSER!

12 posted on 08/07/2015 6:20:57 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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Rove reviews: Donald Trump, Rand Paul struggled at debate

Obviously he was not watching the same debate I was watching!

13 posted on 08/07/2015 6:23:56 PM PDT by doc1019 (Out of my mind ... back in 5)
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2005: "Rove, you magnificent bastard!"

2015: "Rove...you bastard."

14 posted on 08/07/2015 6:26:05 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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The Drudge poll has Jeb at 2%

Jeb all the money can’t buy him love just hooker Kelly


15 posted on 08/07/2015 6:26:09 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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Tokyo Rove the Architect doing for Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes what he did for Mitt Romney.


16 posted on 08/07/2015 6:26:43 PM PDT by jimbo123
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Hey Karl it's looking more and more like your favorite son "jeb" is a non-starter.

It will be interesting to see how you and Mitt manipulate things when he's this far down.

That sucking sound you hear is the contributions being retuned to the donors...When you asked for "donors" they didn't know you meant blood donors.

17 posted on 08/07/2015 6:27:00 PM PDT by lewislynn ( Hillary = The pig with lipstick...Meghan Kelley, fauxy lady...Rosie? The Don was right)
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Jeb is at 2% in the Drudge poll!


18 posted on 08/07/2015 6:28:29 PM PDT by jimbo123
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Rove is the guy who so screwed things up that we ended up with Obama. Right!


19 posted on 08/07/2015 6:30:39 PM PDT by GilGil
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Rove is irrelevant to me. Well, not completely irrelevant. I do find him to be a nuisance sometimes.


20 posted on 08/07/2015 6:33:47 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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