GOP establishment lover Karl Rove claims that the GOP may not take back the Senate because Republican donors are not supporting his moderate candidates. This despite the fact the Tea Party, contrary to his war on it, fielded several candidates in the last midterm elections of 2010 who won.
It appears that to the contrary, Rove is becoming toxic for Republican Party candidates. According to Breitbart,
Last year, Rove formed the “Conservative Victory Project,” a group whose purported goal,according to the New York Times, is to “recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party’s effort to win control of the Senate.”
Breitbart News noted that after Rove formed a PAC to attack conservatives, donations dried up–“Rove’s organization has been so tarnished among the conservative base that candidates fear donors will not contribute to any group associated with him.” As a result, his network has “reloaded with groups that share donors but are technically not affiliated on paper with them” to try to deceive donors and voters even more.
Talk radio host Mark Levin has noted that many, if not most, of Rove’s Senate candidates lost in 2012. He observed, “”But for the Tea Party, Pelosi would be Speaker.” Republican candidates would be wise to dissociate themselves from Rove and seek Tea Party support, otherwise, history shows Republicans can expect a repeat of Rove’s losses in 2010 and 2012.