Rove declares war on tea party

"The battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party has begun. On one side is the Tea Party. On the other side stand Karl Rove and his establishment team, posing as tacticians while quietly undermining conservatism.

Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the “biggest donors in the Republican Party” have joined forces with Karl Rove and Steven J. Law, president of American Crossroads, to create the Conservative Victory Project. The Times reports that this new group will dedicate itself to “recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party’s effort to win control of the Senate.” The group points to candidates like Christine O’Donnell in Delaware and Richard Mourdock in Indiana as examples of Tea Party primary picks going sideways in major Senatorial battles."..............................

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... -Tea-Party

RINO's and the Beltway Boys versus true fiscal conservatives. Sadly I think I know who will win this.

You mean there is a rift between the TP folks and the GOP establishment? I am shocked! Shocked I tell you!!!

Maybe both the "Business for Business" and the "Tell you how to live your lifers" will kill each other off and leave the Fiscal Conservatives standing. I want my party back!

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/T ... z2Jyrytdp8

No, This Isn't The Problem, Either
By Charles P. Pierce
at 5:15PM

I guess I'm supposed to be rolling around in schadenfreude at the news that Karl Rove has found a new brand of cheap aluminum siding to sell to the rubes and suckers of what is laughingly referred to as the Republican Establishment. It seems that the money boys are getting tired of losing winnable Senate races because the Help keeps hiring candidates out of the Chronic ward, so Karl's going to (reluctantly) take their money this time to teach them how to craft winning campaigns on the general theme of Ix-Nay on the Apey-ray. That the Republican party actually should need to pay someone to explain this to its candidates is a measure of a rather more systemic problem. That the feral children in the wilder precincts are birthing cows all over the landscape is entertaining as all hell, but it doesn't move us any greater distance along toward the day when we once again will have two sane political parties.

First of all, if they put all this time and effort in and, say, Steve King still gets the senatorial nomination in Iowa, which I make as no worse than 6-5 at this point, what's Plan B? Rove's credibility at the grassroots is next to nothing any more, and his endorsement -- or that of his organization -- is close to worthless now, but another bad cycle out in the states, and he may well take up residence at the Old Geniuses Home next door to Pat Caddell.

"Kneel before Zod! GOP control freak Karl Rove launches new effort to snuff out Tea Party

By Michelle Malkin • February 4, 2013 10:02 AM

But of course, for Beltway establishment strategist and GOP control freak Karl Rove, it has been war on grass-roots conservatives for years now. The New York Times reported this weekend that Rove and the deep-pocketed donors whose coffers he drained futilely this past year are doubling down on stupid. Rove, Inc. will re-commit to a new group that will “protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party’s effort to win control of the Senate.”

Who needs Obama and his Team Chicago to destroy the Tea Party when you’ve got Rove and his big government band of elites?".....................


http://michellemalkin.com/2013/02/04/kn ... tea-party/

"...but I thought the TEA Party was all astroturf?" (Another incorrect Dem.)

Sure the TEA Party got some money and organization from the old guard, but they were never controlled by them.

Rove is still reeling from having his election predictions blow up in his face.