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Sarah Palin at CPAC: “Mr. President, you won. Accept it.”

Erika Johnsen — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:31:16 +0000

"Remember no-drama Obama? If only. Now it's all-drama Obama."

Amidst the inevitable “Why is Sarah Palin invited to CPAC?”-type media buzz, Sen. Ted Cruz — in advance of his keynote speech later this evening — volunteered his own reasons for Palin’s presence on Saturday and made it clear that he has no plans to try and stealthily unhitch his wagon from the anti-establishment mentality [...]

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Rove: The GOP needs more Rand Pauls and fewer Christine O’Donnells

Erika Johnsen — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:31:01 +0000

I got this.

Karl Rove has been taking a lot of heat over the past few weeks for his new I-swear-this-isn’t-about-smothering-the-Tea-Party PAC-extension, whose mission is to help nominate what they deem to be the most ‘electable’ candidates ahead of the 2014 midterms. Rove again appeared on Fox News on Sunday to defend his new operation’s agenda and try [...]

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Hot new conservative rallying cry: “Support my campaign to thwart Karl Rove”?

Erika Johnsen — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:21:38 +0000

Oops?

Karl Rove is a man on a mission — a mission to help what he deems to be the most “electable” candidates actually get elected, whatever that may mean exactly in practice. Right out of the starting gate, Sunday’s NYT story on Rove’s new group’s ambitions identified the possibility of Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King [...]

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The Republican war on Republicans

Jazz Shaw — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:31:40 +0000

Adaptations

The endless navel gazing following significant GOP losses in the last election is far from over, and not all of it is pointless. We have people talking about significant policy changes in the platform to make the Republican brand more salable in national races, as well as ideas geared toward expanding the tent and bringing [...]

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“Party elites” not so keen on Romney after all?

Tina Korbe — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:40:21 +0000

Andrea Mitchell suggests yes.

Nate Silver suggested in a column yesterday that the GOP establishment might not be as firmly in Mitt Romney’s camp as the anti-Mitt, anti-establishment crowd would like voters to think. According to Silver, endorsements from party officials are one measure of the elite appetite for a candidate — and, while Mitt Romney has more endorsements [...]

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