All posts tagged "Crossroads"

Crossroads America, the conservative super PAC run by former Bush strategist Karl Rove, has decided upon a new media strategy: following President Obama wherever he goes.

Crossroads GPS, an organization formed by Karl Rove and other Republicans, announced a $20 million advertisement campaign Saturday aimed at President Barack Obama's economic record.

Despite their prior criticism, Democratic strategists are following Republicans into the forum of undisclosed political donations, engaging in an arms race of-sorts to drum up more outside-party cash than their opponents in 2012.

Karl Rove's American Crossroads has drawn a lot of attention for its high-profile fundraising and lavish spending on congressional races. But Rove's group, it turns out, isn't the only one at the plate. A detailed analysis of campaign spending by cloak-and-dagger "shadow groups" -- who are able to shift vast sums of money into campaign advertising and affect the outcome of competitive races -- show that the groups collectively have spent nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in the 2010 cycle.

The CEO of the company that owns Gold's Gym has long given money to conservative causes and now that support may be backfiring.

WASHINGTON -- The White House stepped up attacks Sunday on what it described as a tidal wave of secret outside money pouring into Republican campaign ads ahead of November 2 midterm elections.