Word: rove
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...column for The Wall Street Journal, former Bush advisor Karl Rove wrote that “Democratic enthusiasm for President Barack Obama’s liberal domestic agenda—particularly for a government-run health insurance program—could wane after the results of the gubernatorial elections next Tuesday in Virginia and New Jersey. GOP victories in either state will tell Democrats in red states and districts that support for Obama’s policies is risky to their political health...
...next elections: in 1998 the Democrats picked up five seats in the House, and Bush picked up eight House seats and two Senate seats in 2002. But they are typically useful petri dishes for experimenting with all kinds of messaging and new technologies. In 2001, for instance, Karl Rove test-drove most of the components that would help the GOP expand its majorities the next year, such as techniques for compiling voter lists and his 72-hour get-out-the-vote blitz...
...least half a dozen states, most recently urging unpopular New York Governor David Paterson not to seek re-election. (Paterson still cordially greeted Obama in Albany Sept. 21.) Congressional redistricting in 2010 makes statehouse control key, though some say the politicking looks crass. Former GOP guru Karl Rove called Paterson's treatment by the White House "ham-handed...
...More Strife Over Ousted Attorneys House Democrats released thousands of pages of congressional testimony and White House e-mails they say are evidence that senior aides to President George W. Bush played improper roles in the 2006 firings of nine U.S. Attorneys. The documents indicate that political strategist Karl Rove placed an "agitated" phone call complaining about New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, who was later pink-slipped. (Rove insists he did nothing wrong.) The scandal led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; a criminal probe continues...
...itself be an encouraging signal to moderates that their approach is more viable. A former Orange County (Orlando) mayor and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Martinez was ushered into the Senate in 2004 by the conservative Republican machine of George W. Bush's political guru, Karl Rove. (His primary campaign smeared his opponent as pro-gay just because he supported hate-crimes legislation.) But that GOP faction eventually exasperated Martinez. It's something Crist needs to think about as he mulls the best way to win the Senate's seat next year - and the best choice...