Tag Archives: Crossroads GPS

Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin (MISTIA Edition)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

How do you run against a president who’s personally popular, even if his policies aren’t? MISTIA – More in Sorrow Than in Anger. From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Anti-Obama Ads Take Elegiac Tone Conservatives, Wary of President’s Popularity, Try … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Crossroads GPS, Let Freedom Ring, MISTIA, Mitt Romney, More in Sorrow Than in Anger, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ads ‘n’ Ends Edition)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

More grist for the campaign mill: • The pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action has teamed up with the goo-goo League of Conservation Voters to launch a $1 million ad campaign “aimed at calling out ‘Governor Romney’s pledge to protect … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged $200 Million Man, Barack Obama, Crossroads GPS, gas prices, League of Conservation Voters, Mitt Romney, Priorities USA Action, Tim Kaine | Leave a comment

More Wind From The GOP’s Biggest Gasbag

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

A new ad from GOP gunsel Karl Rove’s front group, via Politico’s Morning Score: CROSSROADS GPS – GOING UP WITH A $1.7 MILLION BUY IN 6 STATES: In an ad entitled “Too Much,” focused on President Barack Obama and energy prices, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Crossroads GPS, Gallup, Great Gas Price Bakeoff, Karl Rove, Marketplace | 4 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Solyndra Redux Edition)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Last December Crossroads GPS , the front group for former House of Bush consigliere and current GOP gunsel Karl Rove, ran a TV spot bashing Barack Obama for funding the star-cursed energy company Solyndra, which got half-a-billion dollars from the federal government when … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Crossroads GPS, Karl Rove, Politico Playbook, Solyndra | 5 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Solyndra Edition)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

That’s Solyndra the company, not the country. GOP gunsel Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS hit squad has launched its latest attack on Barack Obama with a $500,000 ad buy on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Via Politico’s Morning Score: The Crossroads GPS … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AP, Barack Obama, Crossroads GPS, Karl Rove, Politico's Morning Score, Solyndra | Leave a comment

Ads ‘n’ Ends (SuperPAC Edition)

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Once around the park, James, and don’t spare the horses (although that will get you totally busted in New York) Item: Mitt Romney’s Friends to Buy Him Iowa for Christmas According to MSNBC’s First Read, the pro-Romney SuperPAC Restore Our Future “announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Crossroads GPS, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Obamanauts, Occupy Wall Street, Politico Morning Score, Priorities USA, Reaganauts, Restore Our Future, Ritalin, SuperPAC | 4 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ad Spending Tally Edition)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

MSNBC’s First Read has helpfully provided an update on TV advertising expenditures so far in the 2012 presidential election (although it’s awfully secretive about the source of its numbers): Among the GOP presidential candidates: — Perry $2.8 million (including the campaign’s national … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adpenditures, American Crossroads, Barack Obama, Crossroads GPS, DNC, Herman Cain, Karl Rove, Make Us Great Again, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Our Destiny PAC, PuppetPACs, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, TV advertising expenditures | Leave a comment

Campaign Outsider’s Rove-ing Reporter

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(First in a series of posts foreshadowing former House of Bush consigliere and current GOP gunsel Karl Rove’s shady activities.) This New York Times report is mother’s milk to Karl Rove and his Super PAC American Crossroads (not to mention … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Crossroads, Antoin Rezko, Barack Obama, Crossroads GPS, Karl Rove, New York Times, Tony Rezko | 6 Comments

Why Is The Wall Street Journal Giving Karl Rove A Free Ride?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Former House of Bush consigliere and current GOP gunsel Karl Rove has two day jobs: 1) Co-founder of Super PAC American Crossroads and 501(c)4 Crossroads GPS (for the difference see here); 2) Weekly columnist for the Wall Street Journal. (Oh, yes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Crossroads, Crossroads GPS, Fox News, Journalniks, Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

League Of Conservation Smoters Whacks Brown Again

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

There’s a pretty good kibitzerpalooza taking place around the pending Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren bakeoff for the U.S. Senate. In this corner: The League of Conservation Voters, which has launched a $1.8 million ad campaign targeting Brown over his alleged connections … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Crossroads GPS, Elizabeth Warren, Karl Rove, kibitzerpalooza, LCV, League of Cionservation Smoters, Massachusetts U.S. Senate, Scott Brown | 1 Comment