Conservative Victory Project

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The Conservative Victory Project is a political initiative launched in 2013 by Karl Rove, the prominent Republican political activist, and the super-PAC American Crossroads.^[1] Its purpose is to support "electable" conservative political candidates for political office in the United States. The effort was prompted by embarrassing failures of several Tea Party and independent conservative candidates in the elections of 2012.^[2] The project has been strongly criticized by some other conservative activists,^{[ citation needed ]} including Newt Gingrich who described it as a "terrible idea."^[3]

Karl Rove American political consultant and policy advisor

Karl Christian Rove is an American Republican political consultant and policy advisor. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 31, 2007. He has also headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. Since leaving the White House, Rove has worked as a political analyst and contributor for Fox News, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal.

American Crossroads is a Super PAC that raises funds from donors to advocate for certain candidates of the Republican Party. It has pioneered many of the new methods of fundraising opened up by the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United. Its president is Steven J. Law, a former United States Deputy Secretary of Labor for President George W. Bush and the Chairman of the Board of Directors is former Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan. Advisers to the group include Senior Advisor and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour.

The Tea Party movement is an American fiscally conservative political movement within the Republican Party. Members of the movement have called for lower taxes, and for a reduction of the national debt of the United States and federal budget deficit through decreased government spending. The movement supports small-government principles and opposes government-sponsored universal healthcare. The Tea Party movement has been described as a popular constitutional movement composed of a mixture of libertarian, right-wing populist, and conservative activism. It has sponsored multiple protests and supported various political candidates since 2009. According to the American Enterprise Institute, various polls in 2013 estimate that slightly over 10 percent of Americans identify as part of the movement.

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↑ Jeff Zeleny (February 2, 2013). "Top Donors to Republicans Seek More Say in Senate Races". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
↑ Jeff Zeleny (February 6, 2013). "New Rove Effort Has G.O.P. Aflame". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
↑ Brett LoGiurato (February 20, 2013). "Newt Gingrich Blasts Karl Rove's New Super-PAC: It's 'Dangerous' And A 'Terrible Idea'". Business Insider. Retrieved February 20, 2013. We don’t want to become a party in which a handful of political bosses gather up money from billionaires in order to destroy the candidates they don’t like, and that’s what you’re talking about.

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[NYT020213-1] Jeff Zeleny (February 2, 2013). "Top Donors to Republicans Seek More Say in Senate Races". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2013.

[NYT02613-2] Jeff Zeleny (February 6, 2013). "New Rove Effort Has G.O.P. Aflame". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2013.

[BI022013-3] Brett LoGiurato (February 20, 2013). "Newt Gingrich Blasts Karl Rove's New Super-PAC: It's 'Dangerous' And A 'Terrible Idea'". Business Insider. Retrieved February 20, 2013. We don’t want to become a party in which a handful of political bosses gather up money from billionaires in order to destroy the candidates they don’t like, and that’s what you’re talking about.