Karl Rove on Townhall

  • New York, NY
    "If I ran for office and won, I would serve out my term, and I wouldn't leave office midterm." ... more
  • Reuters News
  • Ralph Benko
    Is the GOP going the way of the Whigs? And, if so, can a new enthusiastic determination to defend our Constitutional rights save it? ... more
  • Phyllis Schlafly
    Karl Rove has declared war on grassroots conservatives and Tea Parties. Rove, who had the richest super PAC in 2012 (American Crossroads, which reportedly spent $300 million in the 2012 election cycle), has started a new fund called Conservative Victory Project to spend big bucks in the 2014 Republican primaries to defeat Republican candidates not approved by the Establishment. ... more
  • Steve Deace
    Much has been said and written regarding Karl Rove and the Republican Party establishment's latest plan to go harder after conservatives than they ever would Democrats. And I’ve had much to say about it myself. ... more
  • America
    Former Bush adviser addresses critics of his new group, which aims to elect moderate Republicans ... more
  • Jackie Gingrich Cushman
    It seems the Republican Party news is getting worse. This past fall, we suffered the defeat of our nominee for president. ... more
  • David Harsanyi
    Suspicions about establishment Republicans are well-founded, but Rove has a point, as well. Purely as a tactical matter, why not weed out inept -- or insane -- candidates before they start spouting off about a woman's organic ability to prevent pregnancy when raped? ... more
  • Tony Katz
    When Karl Rove, the de facto Capo of the Republican establishment intelligentsia, took aim at the grassroots activists (the Tea Party), offering them up like Issac for sacrifice to the mainstream media and independent voters, he surely doesn't expect them to prostrate themselves at the Altar of Rove. ... more
  • Ben Shapiro
    During the 2012 election cycle, Tea Partiers were told by their supposed betters that their ignorance of everyday politics meant that they should take a back seat to the Republican Party establishment. ... more
  • Brent Bozell
    If I were launching a new conservative venture, the last venue I'd choose for the announcement would be the New York Times. Karl Rove has gone to the Times to announce that he has created a new "conservative" entity "to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts." ... more
  • Terry Jeffrey
    Karl Rove -- "The Architect," as President George W. Bush called him -- crafted Bush's two presidential campaigns and served as a key player in Bush's White House. ... more
  • Brandon Gaylord
    Despite conservative talkers urging Karl Rove to exit stage left, Republicans desperately need Rove. ... more
  • America
    "The GOP is already making plans for the 2016 campaign.However, Karl Rove believes Romney can still win the 2012 election." ... more
  • Maggie Gallagher
    <p>And so it begins, like clockwork.</p><p>After an election defeat of significant proportions for the &#34;truce strategy,&#34; GOP elites appear prepared to double-down on kicking out the social issues. ... more
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    Paul Greenberg
    A great political party with a long history can survive defeat, even learn from it and grow stronger. But a party that does not learn from its defeats, that appears unable to adapt and grow, cannot remain great. It will join the extensive collection of long-ago American parties, like the Federalists and Whigs and many another, as just another artifact of American history. ... more
  • Ralph Benko
    Liberals do not grasp the distinction between Ronald Reagan and (either) George Bush. This blind spot creates a massive confusion and hazard to their ambitions. Obama defeated neither the Reagan Narrative nor Team Reagan. Team Bush appropriated, and then marginalized, both. Obama beat Team Bush, not Team Reagan. The implications are huge. ... more
  • Crystal Wright
    Wednesday wasn’t “good morning” in the GOP. President Obama won a second term. Republicans deserve the shellacking we got because the party of Lincoln is running candidates in 2012 like it’s 1860. Old white men just don’t cut it anymore and are not reflective of the changing demographics of the country. America is browning up not whitening up, as evidenced by the US Census findings that minorities will make up 54% of the population by the year 2050. ... more
  • Guy Benson
  • New York, NY
    Karl Rove tells us whether or not we should trust the polls. ... more
  • Kevin Glass
  • Steve Deace
    Contrary to what you’ve heard from the liberal media and the Republican Party establishment, which are becoming virtually indistinguishable these days if you ask me, the Todd Akin saga isn’t about his much-maligned mangled comments. ... more
  • New York, NY
    Rove looks at the unemployment numbers and analyzes Obama's speech. ... more
  • America
    Karl Rove says the pick could come as early as this Friday, but that next week seems more likely. ... more
  • New York
    Bill O'Reilly, Karl Rove, and Charles Krauthammer weigh in. ... more