Karl Rove

Election of 2012 promises to push campaign money boundaries; past two elections set the stage. All those campaign ads and cash? Just wait until 2012.

MSNBC's suspension of Olbermann puts spotlight on ethics rules for journalists. Keith Olbermann's suspension from MSNBC for donating to three Democratic campaigns has made his status a cause for liberals and raised questions about how long-standing rules designed to protect the integrity of news organizations fit in a new era of opinionated programming.

MSNBC's suspension of Olbermann puts spotlight on ethics rules for journalists. Keith Olbermann's suspension from MSNBC for donating to three Democratic campaigns has made his status a cause for liberals and raised questions about how long-standing rules designed to protect the integrity of news organizations fit in a new era of opinionated programming.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming Republican majority in the House of Representatives is more likely to attack Democrats through highlighting congressional oversight hearings rather than the more rancorous subpoena process, leading Republicans say.

Karl Rove, speaking at Pa. conference, says Obama must set tone in DC after midterm setback. Karl Rove tells an oil and gas industry conference that the midterm election has brought about an "extraordinary change" and that it will be up to President Barack Obama to set the tone in Washington as the country moves forward.

Resurgent Republicans, led by the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement, steamrolled Democrats in Tuesday's key mid-term election by taking at least 60 seats for a commanding majority in the House. It was one of the chamber's largest political swings of the past century.

Resurgent Republicans, led by the ultra-conservative Tea Party insurgency, steamrolled Democrats in Tuesday's key mid-term election by taking at least 60 seats and a commanding majority in the House. It was one of the chamber's largest political swings of the past century.

Kentucky sends Republican Rand Paul to US Senate in major display of tea party strength. Kentucky voters made Rand Paul their next senator Tuesday in a convincing display of tea party strength that defied Democratic hopes and early Republican fears that his ultraconservative views made him unelectable.

Kentucky voters made Rand Paul their next senator Tuesday in a convincing display of tea party strength that defied Democratic hopes and early Republican fears that his ultraconservative views made him unelectable.

Kentucky voters made Rand Paul their next senator Tuesday in a convincing display of tea party strength that defied Democratic hopes and early Republican fears that his ultraconservative views made him unelectable.

Kentucky voters made Rand Paul their next senator Tuesday in a convincing display of tea party strength that defied Democratic hopes and early Republican fears that his ultraconservative views made him unelectable.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For Valerie Plame, the CIA operative whose cover was blown by the Bush administration, the best part of a new film about the scandal may be that years of many complex twists and turns in her life are clearly revealed to Americans.

Mo. Senate candidate says outside groups backing her rival aim to 'buy themselves a senator'. Democratic Missouri Senate candidate Robin Carnahan claimed Friday that special interest groups are trying to "buy themselves a senator" by spending millions of dollars on ads attacking her and backing Republican Roy Blunt.

AP ENTERPRISE: Interest group cash floods state races from governor to local sewage board. House and Senate candidates aren't the only ones targeted by interest groups in this year's campaign. While they have spent at least $185 million just since Labor Day to influence voters in close congressional races, outside money is pouring at similar rates into state elections for governors and down the ticket to city councils and even local sewage boards.

The former Republican vice presidential candidate, who was lampooned in the media for her political naivety in the hard-fought final weeks of the 2008 campaign, is now among the most popular conservative politicians in America.

Politics could lead Gold's gyms in N. Calif to cut ties with parent company over contribution. The Gold's Gym chain, a training ground for young Arnold Schwarzenegger and a popular workout spot for gays in San Francisco, could be losing a few franchises after its CEO contributed to a Karl Rove-backed group that supports candidates opposed to expanding gay rights.

Politics could lead Gold's gyms in N. Calif to cut ties with parent company over contribution. The Gold's Gym chain, a training ground for young Arnold Schwarzenegger and a popular workout spot for gays in San Francisco, could be losing a few franchises after its CEO contributed to a Karl Rove-backed group that supports candidates opposed to expanding gay rights.

Record year for midterm campaign spending, pushed along by Republican-allied outside groups. A year ago, two top Republican strategists sat down for lunch at the venerable Mayflower Hotel, five blocks from the White House, calculating how to exploit the voter anger they had seen erupt at Democratic town hall meetings that summer.

Big names appeal to base in campaign's waning days for Obama's old Senate seat, Ill. governor. In the final days before the Nov. 2 election, Democrats and Republicans are leaning on party heavyweights, energizing their bases and looking for swing voters in the high-profile races for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat and Illinois governor.

Heavyweights and insiders from the two political parties argue that both chambers of Congress can be won come November 2.