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Bush Campaign Veterans Make Electoral Comeback

By | 11.24.09 | 6:00 am

For a candidate making his first bid for office, Tim Griffin couldn’t be in better shape. One week after announcing his campaign against Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.), the incumbent in Arkansas’s most Democratic-leaning district, Griffin had raised $130,000. A Public Policy Polling survey More…

The 60 Plus Association and the Conservative Movement

By | 11.12.09 | 3:20 pm

Greg Sargent points out that the 60 Plus Association, the industry-funded conservative group which tries to wedge seniors against the Democrats, hired the makers of the 1988 “Willie Horton” ad to craft a new video blasting senators over health care.

One tidbit about 60 Plus, which has a curious More…

Karl Rove Appearing at Fundraiser for Virginia GOP Candidate

By | 09.14.09 | 12:15 pm

Republican lawyer Barbara Comstock, a candidate for a swing House of Delegates seat in northern Virginia, is holding a fundraiser tomorrow in Washington with a special appearance by Karl Rove. Comstock’s ties to the highest levels of Republican power are not exactly a secret—she’s been called a “master More…