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2. Feb2013:Mitch McConnell Had Previously Floated Karl Rove Idea To Target Weak Tea Party Candidates

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2013, 07:37 PM

May 2013

Tea Party should blame themselves - they wanted Republicans to block all of Obama's appointees, leaving Bush's head of IRS in there and he made the choice to go after Tea Party groups instead of huge political players like Rove's Crossroads who also wanted to stop Tea Party candidates from primarying GOP senators and congressmen. McConnell definitely wanted Tea Party out of his race.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/09/mitch-mcconnell-karl-rove_n_2652927.html

Mitch McConnell Had Previously Floated Karl Rove Idea To Target Weak Tea Party Candidates

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What's the point of Obama sacking Steven T. Miller for stuff that Douglas H. Shulman did? re: IRS [View all] Electric Monk May 2013 OP

As I understand it, Bush appointee Shulman zbdent May 2013 #1

Right, it happened under Shulman, but Miller was the one to fall on his sword today. Electric Monk May 2013 #3

I thought: "There's something UP with THAT!" Either it's Obama caving again to cover KoKo May 2013 #9

Feb2013:Mitch McConnell Had Previously Floated Karl Rove Idea To Target Weak Tea Party Candidates blm May 2013 #2

Not what happened. former9thward May 2013 #4

Generally speaking they support the blocking. And the point that Shulman is a Republican blm May 2013 #6

To try to appease teabaggers, i.e. an utterly pointless (and typically unfair) exercise in futility MotherPetrie May 2013 #5

This was answered in another thread. Here's what they wrote: Electric Monk May 2013 #7

Oof, especially lying under oath. Not acceptable. JaneyVee May 2013 #8