Karl Rove-backed PAC warms to Trump

[mystery-ak]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/karl-rove-donald-trump-221926

 Karl Rove-backed PAC warms to Trump

The strategist publicly questions Trump’s electability, but privately his PAC tells donors Trump can win.

By Kenneth P. Vogel and Eli Stokols

04/14/16 05:09 AM EDT

Karl Rove has publicly blasted Donald Trump as “a petty man consumed by resentment and bitterness” with little gravitas and almost no chance of beating Hillary Clinton.

But privately, the super PAC conceived by Rove is suggesting to its donors that it can help Trump win the White House and save Republican senators whose reelection bids could be jeopardized by having Trump at the top of the ticket.

The apparent warming of the American Crossroads super PAC and its sister groups to Trump has become evident in its recent communications with donors, including a Tuesday afternoon “investor conference call,” according to multiple sources familiar with the outreach.

The phone call — which featured Rove, Crossroads officials and a pollster — laid out swing state polling and electoral map analysis done by the group showing circumstances in which Trump could beat Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, in a general election, according to three sources briefed on the call.

One source, a high-level operative with the Koch brothers’ conservative advocacy network, characterized the conversation as heralding “a softening of the anti-Trump position” within the big-money GOP establishment. The source added of Crossroads’ stance on Trump, “It's not that they support him, only that if he's the guy, we can do something to stop Hillary.”

And in an email to donors a couple weeks ago, American Crossroads’ president, Steven Law, wrote “our initial review of the data indicates that, because of Hillary Clinton’s toxic vulnerabilities, the presidential contest could be intensely competitive regardless of who our nominee is.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/karl-rove-donald-trump-221926#ixzz45oTtIWhY

[DCPatriot]

Finally got his nose off the bark.      

[ArneFufkin]

There was a "phone call"?

Okay.

Anyone who is well-heeled enough to be a "donor" and important PAC contributor is smart enough to see through Trump's clown show.

Cruz will win these guys over because he's shown himself to be smart and effective.   Smart and effective is how you get the wealth to be a "donor" and I have no doubt that Cruz has the strategy and forethought in place to get these guys on board.

[musiclady]

It sounds like a just in case plan.  You know, a plan in case of disaster.  I am no Rove fan, but it is my understanding he is very loyal to the Bush family.  Trump has burned that bridge in the biggest of ways.  All this seems to be about is, how to save Republicans in Congress just in case Trump is the nominee.

That's most likely what it is.........

[Frank Cannon]

And in an email to donors a couple weeks ago, American Crossroads’ president, Steven Law, wrote “our initial review of the data indicates that, because of Hillary Clinton’s toxic vulnerabilities, the presidential contest could be intensely competitive regardless of who our nominee is.”

Translation: Please keep sending money even if Trump is the nominee and we will lose. Karl wrote some stuff on a white board to make you think we are competitive to ease your fears. Please open your wallet no matter what.

[sinkspur]

And in an email to donors a couple weeks ago, American Crossroads’ president, Steven Law, wrote “our initial review of the data indicates that, because of Hillary Clinton’s toxic vulnerabilities, the presidential contest could be intensely competitive regardless of who our nominee is.”

Translation: Please keep sending money even if Trump is the nominee and we will lose. Karl wrote some stuff on a white board to make you think we are competitive to ease your fears. Please open your wallet no matter what.

Exactly.  If Trump's the nominee, the Super PACs have to figure out a way to keep those cards and letters coming.  So this is lipstick on a pig.