Once again the Federal Election Commission has asked the Republican non-profit group Crossroads GPS to disclose its donors. And once again the big-spending organization linked to Karl Rove has rebuffed the request. The latest back-and-forth began yesterday, when the FEC...
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Karl Rove
Crossroads GPS to FEC: No Means No
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Ken Koeppe wears tea bags on his hat during an Americans For Prosperity rally.
Rove and ‘Fake Conservatives:’ ‘Go Away,’ Bozell Says
A new Karl Rove plan to spend money in Republican primary races has stoked anger among Republicans who think the party needs to track right rather than to the center, Bloomberg News reports. “Their idea of the most electable presidential...
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A billboard on Interstate 94 east of downtown St. Paul, Minn. makes an appeal to soldiers and military veterans to support a proposed voter ID amendment on the ballot in Minnesota.
Citizens United Foes, Civil Rights Pros: Common Ground on Voter ID
Advocates trying to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision or otherwise enact new limits on campaign spending are finding a common cause with civil rights groups fighting Republican efforts to enact voter-identification laws. They say the issues are related....
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Fox News commentator Karl Rove during a Republican Party election night gathering in Denver on Nov. 6, 2012.
Crossroads No Non-Profit, IRS Told
Two groups that favor stronger campaign finance laws renewed their complaints against Crossroads GPS, founded with the help of Karl Rove, as they asked the Internal Revenue Service to deny nonprofit status to the organization that spent $71 million to...
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington.
IRS: Nonprofit Regulation no Priority
Coming off an election season in which groups that keep their donors hidden spent more than $300 million on political activity, the Internal Revenue Service has left the question of nonprofit regulation off its initial Priority Guidance Plan. This is...
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GOP strategist and American Crossroads backer Karl Rove. Photograph by Northwest Florida Daily/AP Photo
Down to the Crossroads: $5 Million — Final Wager in Six-for-22 Series
American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS dumped more than $5 million into ads attacking President Barack Obama in the three days before the election. The two groups tied to Karl Rove reported the last-gasp spending to the Federal Election Commission today...
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Karl Rove, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush, in San Francisco in this file photo.
Rove Piling-On Continues As He Rings Donors Today
If Election Day was bad for Karl Rove, the days after may be even worse. News organizations, including Bloomberg, have labeled Rove one of the biggest losers of the 2012 elections. He bragged about raising more than $300 million for...
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Political consultant Karl Rove, left, speaks with Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, at the Republican National Convention.
Crossroads, Chamber Lose in 2012
The big losers in 2012 include Karl Rove and Scott Reed. American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, founded with the help of Rove, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, whose voter-education and political operation was led by Scott Reed, were among the...
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The debate between presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is seen on a television in a Korean restaurant on Oct. 22, 2012 in Chatsworth area of Los Angeles.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 1,014,484
That’s how many times television ads from President Barack Obama, Republican nominee Mitt Romney and other groups involved in the Nov. 6 election have aired during the general election campaign, according to Kantar Media’s CMAG. The totals include spots that...
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Crossroads Gets Personal in New Romney Pitch to Wisconsin Voters
In a new television ad now playing in Wisconsin, Crossroads GPS spotlights a couple whose cancer-stricken son Mitt Romney befriended in 1979. The ad, titled “Mitt and David,” hits a personal “he cares” theme that another pro-Romney outside group, Restore Our...
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