Rove: My Group 'Second To None In Support Of Tea Party Candidates'

Hannity characterized Karl Rove’s new project as one that seeks to protect Republican incumbents from primary challengers. “This is not to protect incumbent Republicans,” Rove replied. Rove said that in the instance of the Akin race, there were “Tea Party professionals that were trying to convince us that he was the best that we could come up with.” Rove said that if the article in the New York Times didn’t explain the purpose of the group in the same light that he does, “It’s because they’re the New York Times.”