Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

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"… and one part strategy summit for the fall. In reality, the get-together at Karl Rove’s house and office on Weaver Terrace in Washington, D.C., was a bit of b …"

"… SCME knows how to do “boots on the ground,” adding, “I don’t think Karl Rove will be knocking on doors.”But he acknowledged that the labor movement m …"

New Dem group aims for $100 million plus

By Peter H. Stone

Former Obama administration officials attempting to raise more than $100 million to underwrite an outside group to help the president win se

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"… Crossroads and its affiliate which with sizable help from GOP consultants Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie raised $71 million to help Republicans win back the House …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

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"… n anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Rove warned the Republican National Lawyers Association in 2006, under siege? …"

"… o GOP chairman, who had previously complained about Iglesias to an aide to Karl Rove. Weh later buttonholed Rove himself at a White House holiday party in late …"

"… rview Weh later gave to McClatchy Newspapers.And by December 7, he was. In Karl Rove’s April 2006 appearance before the Republican National Lawyers Associati …"

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American Crossroads robocalls tell Washington voters to back Rossi

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

A Skamokawa, Wash., reader alerted us to a statewide robocall by American Crossroads, a conservative group flush with cash that opposes the

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"… Crossroads GPS. Both have links to Republican strategists Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove. Unlike Crossroads GPS, American Crossroads does publicly disclose the nam …"

"… ington state voters certainly don’t know and they can’t find out since Karl Rove and Crossroads are trying to buy this election without coming clean about …"

Crossroads GPS ad attacks Sen. Patty Murray in Seattle

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A reader in Mukilteo, Washington, a coastal suburb about 20 miles north of Seattle, reports seeing an independent attack ad against Washingt

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"… rge W. Bush administration’s policies and describes Crossroads GPS as “Karl Rove’s Shady Front Group For Attack Ads Bought And Paid For By Corporations. …"

"… ssroads GPS and American Crossroads, confirmed that Republican strategists Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie “encouraged the formation” of Crossroads GPS and Amer …"

Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

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"… ntributed to this report. …"

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Americans for Job Security — how a shadow group hustles for funds

By Peter H. Stone

Long-time GOP operative David Carney is hardly a household name like Karl Rove. But among Republican strategists and fundraisers in Washingt

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"… ction. …"

Republican allies pour money into ads targeting 50-60 House races

By Peter H. Stone

Four Republican-allied groups are targeting between 50 and 60 House races in a new coordinated round of hard-hitting television ads....

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"… s and Crossroads GPS hosted a luncheon at the upscale Willard Hotel, where Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie – the two GOP stars who helped raise millions of dollar …"

Harold Simmons

By Peter H. Stone

In conservative and GOP money circles, Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons is almost a household name. ...

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"… n Crossroads. They came after a visit from Crossroads’ informal advisers Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie to talk up the important mission they envisioned for Amer …"

Ed Gillespie

By Peter H. Stone

Ed GillespieIt’s hard to find a Republican politico anywhere who can match former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie’s frenetic pace and huge investm

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"… g marathon for much of the year. Working in tandem with GOP political guru Karl Rove, Gillespie helped rope in millions of dollars to jumpstart the fledgling 5 …"

"… e first meeting of these business and political powerhouses on April 21 at Karl Rove’s office and home on Weaver Terrace N.W. in D.C. Gillespie told the Cent …"

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