American Crossroads

GOP Groups Planning Record Campaign

Politico | Posted 05.30.2012

Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives -- including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom ...

Jon Ward

Mitt Romney's 'Nice Guy' Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 05.23.2012

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has charged that President Barack Obama's campaign is engaging in "character assassination" by running ads that paint him as...

The $25 Million Creep-Out

Richard Walden | Posted 05.22.2012

Richard Walden

Operation USA, one of the world's most agile and innovative relief agencies, on average, runs on about $1.5M (cash) per year. That sum allows us to de...

Priorities USA Action, Pro-Obama Super PAC, Continues Lackluster Fundraising

The Huffington Post | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.21.2012

The super PAC supporting the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama had another lackluster month of fundraising in April, pulling in only $1.58...

Obama Campaign Calls 'B.S.' On Karl Rove

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.17.2012

President Barack Obama's campaign on Thursday took aim at a recent attack ad released by Karl Rove-backed group Crossroads GPS, calling its claims "B....

Why Super PACs Aren't the Problem

Todd Phillips | Posted 05.16.2012

Todd Phillips

We can cast votes in elections and the winner will run the government, but if citizens are uninformed, what's the point? Democracy will be phony. And if democracy is phony, it seems inevitable that our government and our society will be overflowing with problems. Is there another way?

Rove-Conceived Group Making Huge Move

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.16.2012

WASHINGTON — An independent group favoring Republican Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign against President B...

Dan Froomkin

Who Are You Going To Believe: Karl Rove Or Your Lying Eyes?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, the political ad-buying organization cofounded by Republican strategist Karl Rove in 2010, has ...

Campaign 2012: Show Me the Money

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.04.2012

Bob Burnett

One of the most famous quotes of the Vietnam War came after the battle of Ben Tre when a US military officer said, "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." That's the situation Obama is in. In 2012 it may be necessary to destroy the political process in order to save it.

Donald Trump Attacks GOP's Anti-Obama Effort As 'Worst' Ever

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 04.27.2012

Donald Trump blasted the latest attack ad by the Karl Rove-linked super PAC American Crossroads as "one of the worst commercials" ever. “I though...

Romney Attacks Obama For 'Slow-Jamming The News'

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 04.27.2012

Super PACs and presidential campaigns are legally prohibited from coordinating with one another. But it's not hard to echo and amplify one another's m...

WATCH: Karl Rove-Linked Super PAC Slams Obama As 'Celebrity President'

The Huffington Post | Adam Goldberg | Posted 04.26.2012

The Karl Rove-linked, pro-GOP super PAC American Crossroads is out with a new ad attacking President Barack Obama as a "celebrity president." The 4...

Karl Rove-Linked Crossroads Groups Have Raised $100 Million In 2012 Cycle

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.20.2012

American Crossroads, a pro-Republican super PAC co-founded by Karl Rove along with its nonprofit affiliate Crossroads GPS, have raised just short of $...

Crossroads political machine funded mostly by secret donors

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

The Center for Public Integrity

By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsSixty-two percent of funds raised by two conservative groups associated with former Bush adviser Karl Rove have come fro...

Rove Groups Doling Out Millions To Conservatives

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 04.18.2012

The Karl Rove-linked Crossroads groups are known for their multimillion-dollar ad campaigns attacking President Barack Obama, but behind the scenes th...

Karl Rove's Crossroads 'Grassroots' Group Funded By $10 Million Checks

Posted 04.14.2012

WASHINGTON -- The “GPS” in Crossroads GPS ostensibly stands for grassroots policy strategies, but the Washington Post reported Friday that nearly ...

Paul Blumenthal

Israeli Settlement Backer Donates $1 Million To Defeat Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.12.2012

WASHINGTON -- Even in the era of unbridled campaign contributions, Irving Moskowitz's $1 million donation in February to American Crossroads, the Karl...

Major Republican Super PAC Prepares To Take On Obama

New York Times | Posted 04.09.2012

American Crossroads, the biggest of the Republican “super PACs,” is planning to begin its first major anti-Obama advertising blitz of the year, a ...

Big GOP Donor Wants To Fill Dump With Radioactive Waste

Bloomberg | Julie Bykowicz | Posted 04.05.2012

Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields and he can't fill it....

Karl Rove-Linked Group Uses James Bond To Mock Obama's Hot Mic Moment

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 03.30.2012

A new James Bond-style advertisement from Karl Rove-linked super PAC American Crossroads takes aim at President Barack Obama's recent "hot mic" moment...

Inside Karl Rove's Fight Club

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 03.27.2012

A coalition that helped Republicans retake the House majority in 2010 is back and plotting even bigger plans in 2012, with more money, more players --...

American Crossroads: Obama Opposed Mandates Before He Made Them Law

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.26.2012

The conservative big-money PAC American Crossroads is taking advantage of this week's Supreme Court arguments on the Affordable Care Act to remind vot...

Jon Ward

Karl Rove Group Sees Obama's Personal Dynamism As Key Challenge In 2012 Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.22.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Obama still has the support of many swing voters, but their backing is tenuous and could easily evaporate, the leader of one o...

David Axelrod Hits Karl Rove Over False Claim

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 03.22.2012

Karl Rove took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal Thursday to slam the Obama re-election campaign's 17-minute documentary as being "riddled with ...

Obama Attacked On Gas Prices With Questionable Logic

AP | By ANDREW MIGA | Posted 03.21.2012

WASHINGTON -- TITLE: "Deflect" LENGTH: 30 seconds....