The “Shadow GOP,” Hiding in Plain Sight

[babylonsister]

The “Shadow GOP,” Hiding in Plain Sight
By Jesse Zwick 8/6/10 3:21 PM

Holly Bailey writes about how, to little fanfare, the 12th floor of a nondescript New York Ave. office complex in Washington D.C . has become “ground zero for what many are referring to as the ’shadow GOP.’”

It’s here that four new groups – American Crossroads, Crossroads GPS, American Action Network and the American Action Forum — have set up shop under the tutelage of former Bush strategist Karl Rove and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie. They’re all separate groups, but they share the same basic goal of helping engineer Republican victories in November and beyond:

All of the organizations were founded separately and organized as individual groups. But each is working closely in concert — they share the same office space within the New York Ave. building, and according to Jonathan Collegio, a spokesman for American Crossroads, his group rents its offices from American Action Network.

They identify each other as “sister” groups, even though officials involved in the effort are cagey about exactly how closely they are coordinating their efforts and message.

“We work together as much as the law allows, though obviously you can glean information from what’s in the public domain,” Collegio told The Upshot. The groups, however, are strictly prohibited from coordinating directly with individual candidates or political parties.

As was the case with the Democrats’ 2006 initiatives, much of the money going into the GOP effort is secret. While a few of the groups are registered as so-called 527 organizations under federal tax code, most are registered as 501-c4 nonprofit groups. That designation means they don’t have to disclose either their donors or where they’re spending all of that money. Unlike contributions to political candidates and parties, individual donations to such groups aren’t capped or regulated. And that makes them very attractive to big-money donors trying to affect the outcome of an election.

For a complete breakdown of each of the groups and their specific role in the network, go to link~

http://washingtonindependent.com/94028/the-shadow-gop-hiding-in-plain-sight

[Blue Owl]

1. Their advantage is lotsa filthy blood money and their shitstream media catipult

n/t

[Bitwit1234]

2. And where should Rove really be IN LEAVENWORTH.

[seafan]

3. Shadow GOP operating in NY? Jeb Bush first recommended it in 2008.

The “Shadow GOP,” Hiding in Plain Sight, August 6, 2010

Jesse Zwick st the Washington Independent reports:

Holly Bailey writes about how, to little fanfare, the 12th floor of a nondescript New York Ave. office complex in Washington D.C . has become “ground zero for what many are referring to as the ’shadow GOP.’”

It’s here that four new groups – American Crossroads, Crossroads GPS, American Action Network and the American Action Forum — have set up shop under the tutelage of former Bush strategist Karl Rove and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie. They’re all separate groups, but they share the same basic goal of helping engineer Republican victories in November and beyond:

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American Action Forum: An offshoot of the American Action Network, this group will focus more on formulating policy and helping GOP candidates deliver their message than on running ads attacking specific candidates. Fronted by Doug Holtz-Eakin, a former economic adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign, AAF lists Coleman and former governors Jeb Bush and Tom Ridge as board members. -----LINK

"Formulating policy" and "helping GOP candidates" is EXACTLY what this micromanager has been up to since he was forced out of Florida's governor's mansion. That is, when he's not actively engaged in destroying public education.





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