For more than a decade, Republicans have looked to Karl Rove for the solution. Now, a growing number see him as the problem. Rove, 62, has put his imprimatur and donor money behind the Conservative Victory Project, formed to choose...
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Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to former President George W. Bush, left, talks to Sen. Orrin Hatch, on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 27, 2012.
Rove as Kingmaker Rejected by Republicans Seeking Better Returns
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain holds up a cupcake decorated with his 9-9-9 economic plan before a speech at the National Press Club in this file photo.
Super-PACs Still Super With $5.4 Mln — Though `9-9-9′ Down to Last $100
One legacy of the 2012 presidential race: the super-political action committees it spawned. Weeks after the Nov. 6 election, those groups still had more than $5.4 million left to spend, Federal Election Commission reports due yesterday show. Each candidate —...
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Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Speaker of the House, attends the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Gingrich’s Debt $4.7 Million — Presidential Campaign Owes Candidate $650,000
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination owed $4.7 million at the end of 2012, including almost $650,000 to himself, Federal Election Commission filings show. Gingrich raised $24.8 million for his campaign, including $151,814 in individual...
Read more »Adelsons Made Another Losing Bet Before Election
It turns out that casino executive Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam poured more money into Mitt Romney’s losing presidential bid than was initially reported. In the weeks before the Nov. 6 election, the Adelsons contributed another $10 million between them to...
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Former House speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during press conference in Arlington, Virginia, on May 2, 2012.
Pro-Gingrich Super-PAC Head Still ‘Winning’
Three days after Election Day, Rebecca Burkett collected her 14th paycheck from Winning Our Future, a Federal Election Commission report filed today show. No matter that the super-political action committee’s preferred presidential candidate had dropped out some six months earlier....
Read more »Boehner vs. Gingrich: Really
John Boehner was one of two nominated today for speaker of the House in the 113th Congress. The other? Newt Gingrich. That’s right. The former Georgia representative who resigned his speakership in 1998 and then left Congress a few months...
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Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., center left, and wife Miriam Adelson in Macau.
Adelsons’ Campaign Total: $53.4 Million
Casino executive Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam have given $53.4 million to candidates, parties and political action committees for the 2012 elections, according to the latest figures from the Center for Responsive Politics. The two gave $20 million to...
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Joshua Keirsey, a member of the United Steelworkers union, canvasses for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign in a residential neighborhood in Steubenville, Ohio.
Small Donors Fuel Anti-Obama PAC
While Sheldon Adelson and Harold Simmons pump millions of dollars into super-political action committees trying to defeat President Barack Obama, a super-PAC based in the swing state of Ohio has relied on the same fundraising techniques as the president —...
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Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., left, and his wife Miriam stand in front of a model of the company's Marina Bay Sands resort and casino during its grand opening, in Singapore.
Adelsons Go `West’ in Florida With $1 Million to Back Tea Party Favorite
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson continue to operate as a veritable political ATM – the Las Vegas-based casino executive and his wife recently funneled $500,000 apiece to help one of the most controvesial of Tea Party-backed Republicans, Representative Allen West of Florida. The combined...
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Semi-subermisible oil rigs and jackup shallow-water drilling units in the Gulf of Mexico.
Adelson Finds Another Avenue for Anti-Obama Campaign Spending
Casino executive Sheldon Adelson, a $5 million contributor to Restore Our Future, the super-political action committee backing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, and a $30,800 donor to the Republican National Committee, which also supports Romney, has found another table to...
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