Posted on 08/03/2013 2:48:25 PM PDT by xzins
Earlier this year we brought CHQ readers news of establishment Republican election guru Karl Rove’s plan to take unto himself the decision about which candidates in Republican primaries were “electable” and which were not.
The enforcement mechanism Rove intended use in this effort was to be the millions of dollars in “Super PAC” money he was expected to raise from the multimillionaire donors who funded his outrageously expensive and largely unsuccessful efforts in the 2012 election cycle.
Except the millions of dollars Rove and company were expected to raise haven’t shown up yet.
What’s more, as Michael Patrick Leahy noted in an incisive article for Breitbart, the two major Tea Party oriented Super PACs – the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund super PAC and the TeaPartyExpress.org PAC raised more than Rove’s three PACs combined.
According to POLITICO, the three Super PACs affiliated with Rove, and his fellow establishment Republican power broker Ed Gillespie, including “American Crossroads, Crossroads GPS and the Conservative Victory Project jointly posted a $3.37 million fundraising haul ...in the first half of 2013.”
In contrast, Leahy reported, “the two leading Tea Party political action committees--the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund super PAC and the TeaPartyExpress.org PAC--took in more than $4.1 million combined during the same period. The Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund raised $2 million and the TeaPartyExpress.org PAC raised $2.1 million. Both groups also had plenty of cash on hand as of June 30, 2013, the end of the reporting period. The Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund had over $600,000 in cash, and the TeaPartyExpress.org PAC had over $800,000 in cash.”
More importantly, while POLITICO reported that $1 million of the $3.3 million raised by Rove's groups came "from a single corporate donor," (Texan Harold Simmons' Contran Corporation) most of the donations to the Tea Party PACs came from unitemized donations of less than $200.
Indeed, Leahy noted that USA Today reports "more than $8 out of every $10 collected by the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund came in chunks of $200 or less, according to the group's first fundraising report with the Federal Election Commission."
Why is Rove apparently faltering, while the allegedly unsophisticated amateurs of the Tea Party building on their grassroots base to raise a national war chest?
It could be that Rove’s donors, even the big government corporate welfare lovers that fund so many of the establishment GOP campaigns, did the numbers and decided investing in Rove sponsored candidates and campaign advertising had a very, very poor return.
As First Lady of the conservative movement Phyllis Schlafly was quick to point out in announcing her opposition to Rove’s self-appointment to the role of arbiter of who wins and who loses in GOP primaries, “Of the 31 races in which Rove aired TV ads, Republicans won only 9, so his donors got little return on their investment… Rove’s Establishment losers included Rick Berg who lost in North Dakota and Denny Rehberg who lost in Montana, even while Romney was carrying both those states. Other Establishment losers were George Allen in Virginia, Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin, Connie Mack in Florida and Heather Wilson in New Mexico.”
Mrs. Schlafly also made the point that, “There are two reasons why Rove and his rich donors don’t like grass-roots Republicans and tea partiers. The Establishment can’t order them how to vote, and the Establishment wants candidates to talk only about economic issues, never about social, moral, or national-security issues.”
Let’s hope these results indicate Rove’s “Svengali-like power” over donors was broken by his catastrophic failures in 2012, and that donors are now demanding to know what the candidates stand for before they contribute.
Once Rove’s donors start doing that, they will quickly see that the limited government constitutional conservatives of the Tea Party stand for free markets and an end to the regulatory cronyism that is killing American business and jobs. When donors look at where to invest on that basis we are confident they will invest in principled conservatives like Sam Brownback, Mike Pence, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, rather than another round of content-free vessels into which Rove, Gillespie and company will pour more “me-too” establishment Republicanism.
I would like to buy Porky Pig Rowe for what he is actually worth.......then resell him for what he thinks he is worth.
Rove..., you clueless bastard. It’s about time.
What we should do is pick his biggest donor, and make a massive stink about him supporting a RINO, essentially a Democrat.
Make this guy sorry he ever heard of the name Rove.
That’ll send a message. Should have Rove checking his pockets for loose change for his next political season funding.
Conservatives, put your money in the Tea Party. I just got through pledging a donation to them. We need to start being heard NOW!
Rove’s 2013 Donors.
SCHEDULE A
ITEMIZED RECEIPTS
All Listed Line Numbers
Committee: AMERICAN CROSSROADS
Contributor’s Name
Contributor’s Address Employer Date Amount ($)
Occupation Memo Aggregate ($)
Memo/Description Text Limits
JENNIFER BALL
3 WOBURN CT
CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania 17011 INFO REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS 02/06/2013 500.00
INFO REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
500.00
CONTRIBUTION
FRANK E. BAXTER
11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD 12TH FLR
LOS ANGELES, California 90025 JEFFERIES AND COMPANY 05/21/2013 10000.00
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
10000.00
CONTRIBUTION
JOHN DOWD
1529 CROWELL ROAD
VIENNA, Virginia 22182 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAER & FELD LLP 06/11/2013 2500.00
ATTORNEY
2500.00
CONTRIBUTION
RON FINCHER
9129 BRENTMEADE BLVD
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee 37027 ACADIA HEALTHCARE 02/20/2013 500.00
COO
500.00
CONTRIBUTION
RONALD FIRMAN
247 SW 8TH ST #301
MIAMI, Florida 33130 RETIRED 05/19/2013 1000.00
RETIRED
1000.00
CONTRIBUTION
C. BOYDEN GRAY
1534 28TH STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20007 BOYDEN GRAY & ASSOCIATES PLLC 05/23/2013 25000.00
ATTORNEY
25000.00
CONTRIBUTION
JANICE KING
624 WELLESLEY DRIVE
HOUSTON, Texas 77024 LEVERING & CO INC 02/11/2013 500.00
REAL ESTATE
500.00
CONTRIBUTION
JOHN KOSOWSKY
85 WILLOUGHBY ROAD
SHELTON, Connecticut 06484 J. ALLEN KOSOWSKY CPA PC 01/22/2013 500.00
CPA/BOARD DIRECTOR
500.00
CONTRIBUTION
HARRY RICHARD LAMB
1861 LOMBARDY ROAD
SAN MARINO, California 91108 RETIRED 03/06/2013 5000.00
RETIRED
5000.00
CONTRIBUTION
STEVEN LEVY
59 PECKSLAND ROAD
GREENWICH, Connecticut 06831 SELF-EMPLOYED 06/24/2013 5000.00
REAL ESTATE BROKER
5000.00
CONTRIBUTION
B. J. MCCOMBS
P.O. BOX BH003
SAN ANTONIO, Texas 78201 MCCOMBS ENTERPRISES 03/22/2013 5000.00
CHAIRMAN & CEO
10000.00
CONTRIBUTION
B. J. MCCOMBS
P.O. BOX BH003
SAN ANTONIO, Texas 78201 MCCOMBS ENTERPRISES 06/03/2013 5000.00
CHAIRMAN & CEO
10000.00
CONTRIBUTION
DENA MEEK
560 DIAMOND POINT DRIVE
OAK POINT, Texas 75068 RETIRED 05/10/2013 1000.00
RETIRED
1000.00
CONTRIBUTION
ERNEST M. PITT, JR.
3021 LUCILLE STREET
ASHLAND, Kentucky 41102 HOLBROOK & PITT LLLP 06/26/2013 1000.00
ATTORNEY
1000.00
CONTRIBUTION
ANDREW E. SABIN
300 PANTIGO PLACE SUITE 102
EAST HAMPTON, New York 11937 SABIN METAL CORPORATION 06/28/2013 100000.00
OWNER
100000.00
CONTRIBUTION
RONALD WEISER
P.O BOX 8649
ANN ARBOR, Michigan 48107 MCKINLEY ASSOCIATES INC. 06/28/2013 50000.00
FOUNDER
50000.00
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRAN CORPORATION
5430 LBJ FREEWAY STE 1700
DALLAS, Texas 75240 N/A 05/21/2013 1000000.00
N/A
1000000.00
CONTRIBUTION
ROONEY HOLDINGS INC.
5601 SOUTH 122ND EAST AVE
TULSA, Oklahoma 74146 N/A 06/27/2013 150000.00
N/A
150000.00
CONTRIBUTION
SKYBRIDGE CAPITAL II LLC
527 MADISON AVENUE FLOOR 16
NEW YORK, New York 10022 N/A 02/04/2013 100000.00
N/A
100000.00
CONTRIBUTION
AMY LEEDECKE
P.O. BOX 34413
WASHINGTON, DC 20043
04/17/2013 331.50
994.50
REIMB - HEALTH INSURANCE
AMY LEEDECKE
P.O. BOX 34413
WASHINGTON, DC 20043
05/08/2013 331.50
994.50
REIMB - HEALTH INSURANCE
AMY LEEDECKE
P.O. BOX 34413
WASHINGTON, DC 20043
06/07/2013 331.50
994.50
REIMB - HEALTH INSURANCE
AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK
1730 PENNSYLVANIA AVE STE 525
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
03/13/2013 800.94
800.94
REIMB - MEETING EXPENSE - FOOD / BEVERAGE
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1215 K STREET 14 FLOOR
SACRAMENTO, California 95812
01/14/2013 414.15
414.15
REIMB - AIRFARE / LODGING / RENTAL CAR
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND
1730 PENNSYLVANIA AVE STE 525
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
01/14/2013 800.94
800.94
REIMB - MEETING EXPENSE - FOOD / BEVERAGE
CROSSROADS MEDIA LLC
66 CANAL CENTER PLAZA STE 555
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia 22314
06/05/2013 388614.26
388614.26
REFUND - TV / MEDIA PLACEMENT
KENTUCKIANS FOR STONG LEADERSHIP
P.O. BOX 7895
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky 40257
05/08/2013 181.31
181.31
REIMB - KSFL INTERNET EXPENSE (SEE LINE 21 - GODADDY.COM EXP)
FUKR!!
Why is Rove apparently faltering, while the allegedly unsophisticated amateurs of the Tea Party building on their grassroots base to raise a national war chest?
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Rove is scared to death of the Tea Party. It will disconnect him from his constituency of fat cats.Obama is so afraid of the Tea Party that he sicked the IRS on them and abrogated the constitution to prevent Tea Party PACs
from gaining charitable staus under IRS laws and regulations.
The Tea Party is now coming. No one will stop them.
What’s more, as Michael Patrick Leahy noted in an incisive article for Breitbart, the two major Tea Party oriented Super PACs – the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund super PAC and the TeaPartyExpress.org PAC raised more than Rove’s three PACs combined.
Ahhh! I needed some good news today. Thanks, eh?
Rove has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on failed candidates and has intentionally injured other, conservative candidates.
Not only is he incompetent, but he’s also treacherous.
The bottom line to all of this is that the Tea Party and conservatives have begun to systematically erode the power of the establishment (RINO or previously, Country Club) Republicans.
There really never were that many of them, and they held power because of their money, far in excess to the boots on the ground that supported their ideas. And their path to success, forcing “lesser of two evil” liberal Republican establishment candidates on the rank and file, is finally being seen for what it is.
Considerable credit needs to go to the Ron Paul supporters who took the fight to the state parties, which even though it didn’t work, illuminated “the enemy” in the leadership, making them future targets.
So in future elections, not only will the purge continue, but congressmen and senators will have to prove they are conservatives by their actions, not words, and if they lie to get elected, they will serve only one term.
Excellent news. Rove ... GO AWAY!
Not disagreeing, so rove went from magnificent-bastard (after Bush won) to rat-bastard in a few years.....
Romney’s crusade to totally write the rules in favor of the GOP-Elite tells us all we need to know about Rove and his kind. They want to tell the rest of us who are candidates will be.
Way ahead of me aren’t you Jimbo! :^)
In a full blown revolution, people like Rove would be the first brought up on charges when the "ruling" regime goes down.
There is nothing worse than a so-called "friend" who is secretly in on the enemy's side.
I think with midterm elections Rove has been even worse.
He thought Bennett and Mike Lee were both good candidates.
Yes.....history tends to repeat itself!!!! During WWII, Winston Churchhill, after winning the Battle of Britain in the skies over England, with the RAF, etc., and surviving the dastardly bombing of London and other British cities by Hitler and his devastating Luftwaffe was being prodded to make nice with Htiler and his NAZI ilk. Churchill has three simple words for Herr Hitler.....”We Are Coming!!!”. With those three words, began the nightly bombing of Germany, etc. by British Bomber command, etc. followed by the daily bombing by the USAAF B-17 bombers. The rest is history!!!
Listening to Rove on a recent Hannity segment, he railed on about Pickett’s charge at Gettysburg and Grant’s victory at Jackson, MS. By the way, Pickett’s charge was darn near successful!!! One thing, folks....Rove knows nothing of either battle. Poor fellow is wallowing in failure as all RINOs are.
Rove, RINO”s, Obama, all Democrats, all Black Racists, all Obamabot Freeloaders, we, the American people are coming...by the millions to politically end your hate filled, anti-American political careers and restore our nation to freedom, liberty and opportunity for all Americans!!! Yes......history repeats itself.....King George was defeated, Hitler, was defeated, Japan was defeated and the present day, would be destroyers of these United States, will also be defeated and thrown into the political cesspool they vividly deserve to dwell in!!!
I had a call from the GOP today, the guy was telling me how we had to put a stop to 0bama’s liberal agenda, and he was about to play me a recording. I stopped his packaged spiel and told him I was through supporting the GOP and was sending my donations to a TEA party PAC or individuals challenging the GOPe and RINOs in congress. He ended the call after that. I should have just listened to the recording to see which RINO was begging for money.
It’s a bit confusing when you have RINOS like Grover Norquest using “tea party” label as he promotes the open border agenda..
Old racket. Rove represents the consultant gravy train. They try to use their connections in GOP to promote the candidate they have an arrangement with. They try to convince the guy they back the consultants are the ones who can create victory thru PR. Deal is if the candidate wins, Rove consultant firm will get the job to help him win the election. Since we spend close to a billion dollar to run for POTUS, consultants stand to make exorbitant amount of money in fees. It is a money machine worth fighting for, that is why establishment consultants are trying to convince the party regulars they are the kingmakers and their choice is important. Problem for consultants is the Main Street citizen armed with the power of the internet is breaking away from the monopoly of power/information. The key to GOP is mastering the twitter/facebook network to convey ideas, rebuttals and get out the vote effort. This is where Obama is ahead in terms of campaign technology. Problem is many of these high tech firms are infiltrated with pro Dem workers who will not be professional about their duties. GOP needs to be very sharp when hiring them.
Which means they'll give money to Democrats, because they stay bought. This means war. Best we realize that it's worth our money to get the best politicians money can buy.
Hey Karl, how’s that “new tone” working out for you?
ABOUT TIME!!
I am all in favor of Kicking Rove’s Ass!
Everywhichwaywe can!
The GOPe is so yesterday!
Proud to be a TEA Partier!
Tea Party is out-fundraising Rove, 2:1.
I’m lovin’ it.
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