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| − | According to the November 5, 1999, ''Austin Chronicle'', "[[Ted Delisi]] [then the press spokesman for Texas Attorney General [[John Cornyn]]] and [[Todd Olsen]], a registered [[lobbyist]], are fairly new to the political consulting game. In March, the two bought the political consulting portion of '''Karl Rove & Co.''', the consulting firm formerly owned by [[Karl Rove]], the chief political strategist in [[George W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign. Both are former employees of Rove. According to filings at the Texas Ethics Commission, Olsen lobbies for two clients, the Clean Power Campaign and the Texas Association of Paging Services. The combined income from those two clients is less than $60,000. [http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/1999-11-05/pols_feature4.html]
| + | '''Karl Rove & Co.''' was the direct mail corporation that [[Karl Rove]] founded after working for [[George H.W. Bush]]. Karl Rove & Co. revolutionized the political landscape of Texas making the [[Republican Party]] formidable not only politically but financially as well. Before [[George W. Bush]]'s Presidential election Karl Rove sold his company for over a million dollars. |
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| − | "However, Olsen and Delisi bought what appears to be a profitable business from Rove, who has worked as a political adviser to most of the statewide officials now in office. Mailing list services are used not only by politicians but by for-profit and nonprofit groups who are eager to have the names and addresses of people who are known for charitable giving. And Rove's lists were among the most sought-after in the direct mail business. As a direct mail guru, Rove raised tens of millions of dollars for Republican politicians in Texas and elsewhere. With such clients as U.S. Senators [[Phil Gramm]], [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]], and [[Kit Bond]] of Missouri, Rove could easily have continued operating his consulting business, and he apparently planned to do so. But Bush wanted all of Rove's attention. In March, Rove told Michael Holmes of the Associated Press that he was selling his business to Olsen and Delisi because Bush wanted him to do so. Rove said Bush asked him to sell because the candidate didn't 'want my focus diluted.'" [http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/1999-11-05/pols_feature4.html]
| + | The label '''Karl Rove & Co.''' is also frequently employed to refer to Karl Rove and those associated with him in promoting President George W. Bush in both the [[Bush administration]] and Bush's political campaigns, including the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004]]. |
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Latest revision as of 08:40, 1 December 2007
Karl Rove & Co. was the direct mail corporation that Karl Rove founded after working for George H.W. Bush. Karl Rove & Co. revolutionized the political landscape of Texas making the Republican Party formidable not only politically but financially as well. Before George W. Bush's Presidential election Karl Rove sold his company for over a million dollars.
The label Karl Rove & Co. is also frequently employed to refer to Karl Rove and those associated with him in promoting President George W. Bush in both the Bush administration and Bush's political campaigns, including the U.S. presidential election, 2004.
