Inside Karl Rove's Secretive Effort to Defeat Obama's Re-Election With Help of Billionaire Donors

Democracy Now, Bloomberg by Paul Barrett, Amy Goodman | Jul. 26, 2012 (Special Report)

(Multimedia) Karl Rove, the man once known as "Bush's Brain," has helped found two groups that plan to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for television, radio and online attacks ads to defeat President Obama and restore Republican control of Washington this November. The groups -- American Crossroads, whose donors are public, and Crossroads GPS, a so-called "social welfare" organization whose donors are anonymous -- operate out of the same offices, share many of ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business
Topics: Republicans, Money and Politics, Corruption, Presidential Election 2012
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 26, 2012 - 12:20 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Randy Morrow (review), In Coop (review), amarma (review), Bob Herrschaft (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jul 26, 2012 - 12:22 PM PDT

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Bob Herrschaft
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 by Bob Herrschaft - Jul. 31, 2012

...a penetrating look at current GOP behind the scenes heavyweight contributors, along with perceptive speculation about what's going on in Karl Rove's convoluted brain.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 30, 2012
Dwight posted this story.
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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Jul. 30, 2012

the Supreme Court stepped in and said restricting campaign money is not as straightforward as you might like it to be when you’ve got a First Amendment. The Supreme ... More »

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In Coop
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 by In Coop - Jul. 30, 2012

Yes, thoughtful, factual, prompting consideration from all non-partisan participants in American society.

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