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Trajan

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:42 PM Nov 2012

Karl Rove under fire [View all]

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Source: Politico

Karl Rove under fire

By: Kenneth P. Vogel

November 10, 2012 07:13 AM EST

Karl Rove is feeling the heat.

The face of the historic $1 billion plan to unseat President Barack Obama and turn the Senate Republican, Rove now finds himself the leading scapegoat for its failure. And he’s scrambling to protect his status as a top GOP money man by convincing disappointed donors to his Crossroads groups that he did the best he could with their $300 million.

Sources tell POLITICO that some donors have called Crossroads officials to ask how their polling could have been so far off, while others are openly grumbling that the groups should have spent more on the ground game. Rival operatives — long frustrated by Rove’s dominance of big GOP money — are seizing on the discontent, questioning whether he’s hurting the cause and privately urging donors to shut him out.

During a secret Thursday afternoon conference call with his benefactors, Rove laid out the analytics behind his assertions to donors that a massive late-game advertising push would expand the electoral map into Pennsylvania and deliver the White House and the Senate.

The call was civil, focusing on questions like, “‘where was my strategy, was it right, was it wrong? What did we find out that we didn’t know before?’ That kind of thing — nothing negative, no recriminations or blame,” said Minnesota media mogul Stan Hubbard.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83658.html?hp=f1



Who would have thought the Nerdy Whiz Kid would go down so hard ? ....

I could NOT be more pleased ....

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Karl Rove under fire [View all] Trajan Nov 2012 OP
Darn not what I was hoping for. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2012 #1
Haha. If it were only "Over" fire. Gregorian Nov 2012 #3
Hey, I'm more than happy to settle for the metaphorical meaning. n/t drumwolf Nov 2012 #5
That could still happen. Stand by. Developing........ yellowcanine Nov 2012 #11
How I LOVE the smell of republi-CONS self-immolating in the morning! calimary Nov 2012 #2
I watched FOX for the first time that night. I'll be they had an all time peak during Rove meltdown. Gregorian Nov 2012 #4
No under fire will be.... chuckstevens Nov 2012 #6
absolutely maindawg Nov 2012 #8
They think they have a process problem BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #7
+10 nt 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #16
False fixed poll data to intice more money from 1%. You Rove suckas! You've been played! L0oniX Nov 2012 #9
rove is NO whiz kid, as this election proved. And I mean proved. He overlooked every.... Raster Nov 2012 #10
Rove's "math" has monumentally failed at least two times now.... ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #14
rove's chief talent and most saleable quality is his capacity for self-promotion. Raster Nov 2012 #18
Rove didn't lie to the American people this time Warpy Nov 2012 #12
justice is sweet!! n/t BREMPRO Nov 2012 #13
What makes any of them think that is has defacto7 Nov 2012 #15
Karl Rove on the expensive trash heap of Faux News - HISTORY - from Tories buying votes & patrice Nov 2012 #17
He isn't going anywhere underpants Nov 2012 #19
The lesson is, if you hire a liar, dont be surprised when he lies to you. nm rhett o rick Nov 2012 #20
They could have spent twice as much and still lost.... WCGreen Nov 2012 #21
Rove's Genius is Character Assassination Yavin4 Nov 2012 #22
You know what would be even better... BeliQueen Nov 2012 #23
Yes, the donors are playing with money they don't need. djean111 Nov 2012 #24
Couldn't get past "The call was civil" Hahaha....oh really. nc4bo Nov 2012 #25
Karl is proof positive that chickens with their heads cut off can still run around causing trouble. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #26
Karl,bush's brain, Rove Catching Shit from Big Money Plutocrats Cha Nov 2012 #27
The kind of people who put money behind Rove will not go quitely into that good night. Lint Head Nov 2012 #28
Locking, sorry. Not LBN, OP article is over a day old. Tx4obama Nov 2012 #29
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