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Karl Rove stories: 145 news summaries

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Rove Spurns Subpoena on
US Attorneys

Attorney's response to Conyers'  'ass kicking' invite: No, thanks

May 23, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove RSVPed in the negative to the subpoena the House Judiciary Committee issued yesterday, Politico reports. His lawyer said Rove wants none of what committee chair John Conyers has promised to dole out. Citing Conyers' promise of an "ass kicking," Robert Luskin said he's not “the... More »

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Department of Justice • Karl Rove • subpoena • John Conyers

House Panel Subpoenas
Karl Rove

Lawmakers want
to know if attorneys were fired over politics

May 22, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A House panel slapped Karl Rove with a subpoena today to compel his testimony on the White House's role in the firing of federal attorneys and the prosecution of Democratic Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, the Chicago Tribune reports. Rove, due to appear July 10, refused requests to speak voluntarily to... More »

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Karl Rove • US attorneys scandal • House Judiciary Committee • Don Siegelman • subpoena • John Conyers • testimony

Ex-Gov: Rove Probe 'Will Make Watergate Look Like Child's Play'

Bush guru merits more inquiry: Siegelman

May 20, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don Siegelman is out of jail and fighting to clear his name, but the case is a lot bigger than just him, the former Democratic governor of Alabama tells the Anniston Star. Siegelman says his prosecution on corruption charges was orchestrated by Karl Rove as a way to keep Dems... More »

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Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Don Siegelman • John Conyers • corruption charges

analysis

Rove Linked to Talking-Heads Scandal, Despite Denial

White House denies it knew of Pentagon program, but adviser turns up in documents

May 13, 08 8:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The plot thickens in the case of “military analysts” programmed by the Pentagon to give the party line on TV, Glenn Greenwald asserts in Salon: Documents show the White House—despite denials—had a hand in keeping the retired generals “on message”—and indeed that Pentagon higher-ups... More »

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Pentagon • Karl Rove • Dana Perino • Stephen Hadley • George W. Bush

 Rove: From Politics to Punditry

News networks picking up commentators with party connections

May 12, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - To stoke interest in cutthroat election coverage, cable news networks and other outlets are recruiting political strategists with credentials and big-time party connections, the New York Times reports. One of the newest pundits? None other than Karl Rove, now an analyst for Fox News and contributor to Newsweek and the ... More »

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Karl Rove • journalism • pundits • George Stephanopoulos • Election 2008 • political strategists • media bias

Opinion

 Rove: Get Ready
 for November,
 Obama 

Former Bush adviser breaks down the race

May 8, 08 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is now the prohibitive favorite for the Democratic nomination, writes Karl Rove, analyzing the presidential race for the Wall Street Journal. Clinton may still battle on, but there’s nothing Obama can or should do to stop her. Instead, he should focus on the general election... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Karl Rove • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

OPINION

 McCain Must
 Open Up
 to Win: Rove 

Too-private candidate is hurting himself, says Bush strategist

Apr 30, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - For John McCain to win in November, he needs to let Americans know about McCain the man as well as McCain the candidate, Karl Rove writes in the Wall Street Journal. The Bush campaign mastermind thinks the candidate's very private nature means not enough people are hearing about McCain's heroism... More »

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John McCain • Karl Rove • Vietnam War • Republican strategist • Election 2008

Rezko Pal, Rove Tried to Oust
US Attorney, Witness Says

They deny allegations about Patrick Fitzgerald

Apr 23, 08 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of Tony Rezko's associates conspired with Karl Rove to try to get US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald fired to quash a federal investigation of Rezko, the Chicago Tribune reports. Prosecutors hope a judge will allow testimony to that effect in Rezko's corruption trial. Rove denies the allegations, as does the... More »

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Barack Obama • Patrick Fitzgerald • Karl Rove • Chicago • corruption • Illinois • campaign fundraising • Tony Rezko

 House Democrats 
 Again Summon Rove  

Committee looking into prosecution of former Alabama governor Siegelman

Apr 17, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four months after its Senate counterpart held Karl Rove in contempt for refusing to testify, the House Judiciary Committee demanded today that the ex-Bush strategist testify about potential political motives for a prosecution. A committee report found “troublesome facts” in the case of a former Alabama governor, saying the... More »

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Karl Rove • Don Siegelman • John Conyers • contempt of congress

Freed Former Ala. Governor Targets Rove

Siegelman, out on appeal, says politics
put him in prison

Mar 29, 08 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who walked out of a Louisiana federal prison on an appeal bond yesterday, told the New York Times in his first interview that "abuse of power" put him behind bars—and accused Karl Rove of being behind it all. “It’s going to... More »

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Karl Rove • bribery • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • federal prison • governor • Richard Scrushy

 Judge Springs Gov. Linked
to 'Political Prosecution'

Expected to testify at House probe on political cases

Mar 28, 08 2:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former governor of Alabama, serving seven years for bribery in a case critics claim was engineered by the White House, has been ordered released pending appeal. Don Siegelman will now be free to testify at congressional hearings on politically motivated prosecutions, reports CNN. Siegelman's supporters charge that he was... More »

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Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • bribery • Don Siegelman • Alabama • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals • Hiram Eastland • Richard Scrushy

Karl Rove, Ken Mehlman Advise McCain Campaign

More Bush buddies work for senator

Mar 8, 08 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Major Bush pals Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove are jumping aboard the Straight Talk Express, both informally advising John McCain, a top aide to the GOP hopeful tells Politico. Mehlman, who ran Bush’s 2004 campaign, is an unpaid, outside adviser, while Rove recently donated to McCain and had... More »

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John McCain • Karl Rove • Republican • GOP • campaign adviser • Election 2008 • political strategists • Ken Mehlman • George W. Bush

OPINION

Rove: Here's How to Beat Obama

Bush pal advises Clinton, McCain in
WSJ op-ed

Mar 6, 08 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The presidential race has seen Hillary Clinton and John McCain repeatedly rise from the dead. But with a long way to go for these “Lazarus” hopefuls, how can they beat out Barack Obama? Karl Rove offers some advice in the Wall Street Journal: Clinton, he says, should keep hitting... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Karl Rove • campaign trail • Election 2008 • inexperience

FCC Member Wants Probe of Ala. TV Station

'60 Minutes' went black as piece linking Rove to ex-gov's case began

Mar 4, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - An FCC commissioner wants to know why an Alabama TV station went off the air just as a "60 Minutes" segment critical of Karl Rove started, Broadcasting & Cable reports. WHNT blamed a “technical difficulty," but Michael Copps said today he wants to find out whether Sunday's... More »

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Karl Rove • FCC • Don Siegelman • Alabama • Michael Copps • Kevin Martin • governor • blackout • WHNT • technical difficulties • political decision

Jailed Ex-Gov Wants Special Counsel

Siegelman seeks probe after '60 Minutes' report; Rove denies role

Feb 26, 08 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers for Jim Siegelman want an outside investigator to look into charges that GOP operatives railroaded the ex-governor of Alabama on bribery charges, reports the AP. "60 Minutes" reported Sunday that prosecutors met over 70 times with the aide that helped put Siegelman behind bars, and had him write... More »

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Karl Rove • Attorney General • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • Michael Mukasey • governor

Rove Sought Pics to Soil Ala. Gov: Report

Ex-operative couldn't deliver 'compromising' photos of Democrat

Feb 22, 08 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove wanted photos taken of the Democratic governor of Alabama having an affair, but the campaign worker appointed to snap the pics found no evidence he was cheating, she tells CBS. Jill Simpson has testified that Rove was involved in the Justice Department's successful corruption case against Don Siegelman,... More »

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Karl Rove • corruption • Don Siegelman • conviction • affair • attorneys general

The RNC's Anti-Obama Plan

The message for GOP victory this fall

Feb 18, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - At this weekend’s RNC winter retreat, “lowbrow” Hillary Clinton jokes were plentiful, Politico reports, but her opponent got more attention. Said one California Congressman, “a President Hillary doesn’t scare me nearly as much as a President Obama.” The PowerPoint breakdown:
  • Can you picture Obama
... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • RNC • Mike Duncan • inexperience

Rove Grilled
by Preppies

Ex-Bush adviser
zings Clintons in
talk to future leaders
at elite school

Feb 12, 08 2:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove advised students to chuck those poly sci books for Shakespeare in a wide-ranging talk yesterday at Massachusetts' elite boarding school Choate, the Hartford Courant reports. Stiff opposition scuttled the school's plan to have Rove speak at commencement, but "I didn't want anybody to say you ran me... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • presidential adviser • Iraq war • George W. Bush

OPINION

Four Takes on the GOP's Night

Scribes talk McCain's conservative problem, the Romney slight, and Huckabee as VP

Feb 6, 08 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - With the big day behind us, four writers look to where Super Tuesday results leave the GOP:
  • John McCain “had an impressive night,” says Jim Hood in National Review, but still lost in many states among Republicans—and had terrible conservatives stats. He’s no good for
... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Karl Rove • Super Tuesday • conservative • Mike Huckabee • Mormon

Rove to GOP: Here's How to Top Dems in '08

Strategist slams Clinton's spending, Obama's inexperience

Jan 17, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove weighed in yesterday on Republican strategies for the 2008 election, with pointers on how to slam Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the Hill reports. President Bush's former guru took shots at Clinton's "$800 billion in new spending" less than halfway through the campaign, and her wish to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Karl Rove • Republican • RNC

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