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Karl Rove screens Scott Brown ad

Hours before Karl Rove saw Senator Scott Brown at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Thursday, he screened an advertisement that related to the Massachusetts Senate race, according to BusinessWeek.

But a spokesman for Rove’s super PAC, American Crossroads, said the ad was one of two that ran in Massachusetts in November and December. That was before Brown and his opponent, Democrat Elizabeth Warren, signed a pledge in January that was intended to keep outside groups from running commercials designed to influence their race.

Comments

This isn't really newsworthy. It's like reporting that President Obama drank a Dr. Pepper two years ago.

The scarlet "R" for Rove is firmly planted on Scott Brown's sleeve.  As Mitt Romney, a good friend of the Senator, says:  "I am what I am."

Kudos OETKB. We need to keep an R on each of Scott Brown's sleeves and one on his chest.

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