Newt Gingrich has entered the GOP’s intra-party civil war. And not on Karl Rove’s side.
In an article posted Wednesday on the website of the conservative magazine Human Events, Gingrich took aim at a controversial new Rove initiative that’s intended to support establishment conservatives against Tea Party insurgents.
“I am unalterably opposed to a bunch of billionaires financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states,” Gingrich wrote. “This is the opposite of the Republican tradition of freedom and grassroots small town conservatism.”
Rove’s group has caused a firestorm among Tea Partiers and their allies since its announcement earlier this month. As we reported Tuesday, a veteran grassroots conservative activist has announced a $10,000 prize to be awarded to whomever comes up with the best plan for taking on Rove for control of the GOP. Tea Party Patriots on Tuesday sent out a fundraising pitch that included a photo-shopped image of Rove in a Nazi uniform. The group quickly apologized, calling the email a mistake.
In the article, Gingrich also referred to Rove’s famously woeful record in last year’s election.
There is a second practical thing wrong with Rove’s proposal,” he wrote. “He was simply wrong last year. He was simply wrong last year. He was wrong about the Presidential race (
Zachary Roth 