"GOP at a Loss?" - LA Times (WH deploying federal resources to aid GOP candidates)

[greeneyedboy]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rove29oct29,0,4797151,full.story?coll=la-home-nation

During a whirlwind five-hour trip to bolster an endangered GOP congressman's reelection prospects, White House political guru Karl Rove last week delivered a fiery speech to 500 party activists, then shook every available hand and posed for snapshots like a rock star. He toured suburbs recently trashed by a snowstorm. He also found time to huddle with local strategists.

But the most significant element of Rove's effort to help four-term Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds keep his job may have occurred behind closed doors, when the White House strategist met with a federal disaster relief official contemplating how to respond to the storm. Four days later, Reynolds announced that President Bush would authorize millions of dollars in federal disaster aid for the area.


The timing was perfect: Reynolds broke the news hours after testifying before the House Ethics Committee about his role in the Mark Foley sex scandal — knocking reports on the scandal out of the spotlight.

Reynolds' fate Nov. 7 could be a bellwether for Republicans in the Northeast — in the midterm election as well as the long term. And his poll numbers crashed after revelations that he had known about suspicious e-mails the former Florida congressman had sent to male congressional pages. In the wake of the announcement about federal aid, a survey by a Buffalo television station showed Reynolds regaining a narrow lead over Democrat Jack Davis. . . .

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rove29oct29,0,4797151,full.story?coll=la-home-nation

[IWantAChange]

1. Note to all DEMS - don't underestimate KKKarl and the power

of the White House to help win elections.

[greeneyedboy]

2. don't overestimate either. this may help a little, but they are way in the hole.

as it says in the article, he is digging in and trying to protect the GOP's chances for '08, so they're not completely destroyed.

[kestrel91316]

3. One question: Who writes Rove's paycheck? IIRC, WE THE

PEOPLE do. There has got to be something illegal about him campaigning publicly for a politician when he should be working full-time for THE PEOPLE.