Topic - Karl Rove

• 'Halftime in America' ad creates political debate

  People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country's most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts.

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  GOP super PACs outpace Democrats

  In the battle of unlimited-money political groups that will play a major role in the 2012 general election, Republican groups have stockpiled far more cash than their Democratic rivals, and a tiny group of people is set to have a dramatic influence on the electoral process.

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  Conservatives torn over defending, opposing Romney

  Torn between reality and their political dreams, leading conservatives are defending Mitt Romney's private sector success and acknowledging that his presidential nomination may be inevitable even as they search for a more palatable candidate.

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  Billionaire gives $5M to pro-Gingrich group

  A Las Vegas billionaire has contributed $5 million to an independent group backing Newt Gingrich, breathing new life into the former House speaker's struggling campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and casting renewed attention on the role of such groups in the 2012 contest.

• Television networks bring something new to Iowa

  Cable news networks brought new toys and new people to the 2012 presidential campaign's opening night in Iowa, yet the tight race made it a struggle for viewers to make sense of it all.

• Television networks bring something new to Iowa

  Cable news networks brought new toys and new people to the 2012 presidential campaign's opening night in Iowa on Tuesday, yet the tight race made it a struggle for viewers to make sense of it all.

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  Outside groups air barrage of ads in Mass. Senate race

  Outside groups on both sides are spending millions of dollars on the race between Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts, and freshman Sen. Scott P. Brown, the Republican she hopes to defeat next year.

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  Norquist takes unorthodox path to find his comedy

  OK, Washington joke: Grover Norquist walks into his downtown office. There's a bronze bust of Ronald Reagan, a towering stack of books, and on the windowsill of the nation's most powerful anti-tax activist rests an oversized front page from the Onion, a satirical newspaper.

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  Most Republican bundlers still sitting on sidelines

  Members of the Republican money machine that powered presidential elections from their time as "Rangers" for George W. Bush are betting almost entirely on Mitt Romney, but a large majority has so far sat out of the 2012 race altogether.

• Inside Politics

  A Democratic SuperPAC is targeting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with a new Internet campaign that raises questions about his economic agenda one year before the 2012 election.

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  Gregg: Anti-Mormon comments are 'hate language'

  With the chorus of Republicans and conservatives condemning anti-Mormonism growing louder, the Mitt Romney campaign moved Tuesday to use the comments of a Southern Baptist leader, the Rev. Robert Jeffress, against GOP presidential rival Rick Perry.

• BOOK REVIEW: 'The Man in the Middle'

  The political memoir has become the natural product of all modern presidencies. After walking though the White House gates one last time, a handful of opportunistic appointees always rush to their computers to settle scores or embellish their own significance.

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  GOP challengers lining up for shot at Missouri Sen. McCaskill

  The re-election bid of Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is providing an early look at how Republicans plan to tie President Obama and his plunging job-approval ratings to vulnerable Democrats down the ballot next year.

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  Ex-FEMA chief decries 'porous' Mexican border

  Joe M. Allbaugh, the outspoken former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), says the U.S. government needs to do a better job of securing the U.S.-Mexico border against illegal immigration and to step up its efforts to control what's being shipped daily into the United States.

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  Daily Caller: Cooper to interview Winehouse family

  The mother, father, stepmother and boyfriend of Amy Winehouse will appear Monday on the premiere of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper's new daytime show, "Anderson."

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