Coming this fall: The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters by Karl Rove.
Karl Rove Writing Book on the 1896 Election
Coming the fall: The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters by Karl Rove.
The AP notes that since at least 2000, Rove “has spoken of the 1896 election as a turning point that ended years of deadlock in Washington and led to a generation of Republican prevalence, an outcome to which he aspired while working with Bush and obviously desires for 2016.”
Rove’s Power Slides Along with His Super PAC
“For three election cycles, American Crossroads, the brainchild of Karl Rove and other leading Republican strategists, has been among the most powerful forces in national politics, a shadow party that has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising, data and opposition research to help elect candidates,” the New York Times reports.
“But in the early days of the 2016 presidential campaign, Crossroads — among the first outside groups to fully exploit the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision unleashing wealthy donors and corporations — has been buffeted by a rapidly changing political landscape that is testing its pre-eminence, and potentially its survival.”
Quote of the Day
“The notion of demographics as destiny is overblown. Just like Karl Rove was wrong with that ‘permanent majority’ talk, Democrats have to remember that the pendulum is always swinging.”
— Republican pollster and strategist Wes Anderson, quoted by the Associated Press.
Jeb Bush’s First Follow
Mother Jones notes the first person Jeb Bush followed on Twitter was none other than his brother’s former deputy chief of staff and political adviser, Karl Rove.
Handicapping the 2016 Republican Field
Karl Rove: “With midterms over, let’s give political junkies a fix by surveying the emerging GOP presidential field. Twenty-three Republicans have publicly indicated interest (not including Mitt Romney, who says he has no plans to run). Here they are, with strengths and weaknesses.”
P.J. O’Rourke: Why 2016’s hopefuls are hopeless
[speech_bubble type=”std” subtype=”a” icon=”pwdome.jpg” name=””]This is a much stronger roster of potential candidates that Republicans had in 2012. It will be interesting to see how many actually run. [/speech_bubble]
Karl Rove is Back in the Game
Bloomberg: “Big Republican donors are back. The 2014 midterms victories lifted their lingering 2012 depression, ending that period of sadness and disbelief that began when the GOP lost the presidency and failed to retake the Senate despite spending record amounts of cash. Republican leaders are stoking these new feelings of glee. Karl Rove’s American Crossroads is already turning to Hillary Clinton as its next target and GOP fundraisers are reminding the giving class that the 2016 Senate map won’t be favorable and the party will contend with a presidential electorate that’s been more supportive to Democrats in recent years.”