Epstein Secrets

expect the Republican Party to make a similar lurch to the center. But many Republican leaders still inhabit a bubble. It was stunning how many, from Karl Rove to Newt Gingrich, seemed to expect a Mitt Romney victory. And some of the right-wing postmortems are suggest- ing that Romney lost because he was too

publican Party to make a similar lurch to the center. But many Republican leaders still inhabit a bubble. It was stunning how many, from Karl Rove to Newt Gingrich, seemed to expect a Mitt Romney victory. And some of the right-wing postmortems are suggest- ing that Romney lost because he was too liberal— which c

st because he was too liberal— which constitutes a def- inition of delusional. Imagine what would have hap- pened if the Republican nominee had been Gingrich or Rick Santorum. We surely would have seen a Democratic landslide. On the other hand, if the Republicans had nominated Jon Huntsman Jr., they might

m pregnancy "is something that God intended to happen" fame. The Tea Party primary challenge has become such a threat to mainstream Republicans that Karl Rove started the Conservative Victory Project to help GOP incumbents ward off less electable primary opponents. When you consider how few people actuall

on because as he put it, someone won the Facebook war, and the same is true for Twitter. Last week on NBC's `This Week With George Stephanopoulos,' Newt Gingrich said — I think the way Stuart just said it is exactly right. The technology problem is a culture problem. I mean the Democrats had 54 data analysts

C's `This Week With George Stephanopoulos,' Newt Gingrich said — I think the way Stuart just said it is exa

uppression has been going on for some time, but with the advent of the Tea Party, it has become more frenzied. in the George W. Bush administration, Karl Rove pursued voter fraud with zeal, a pattern emerged: U.S. attorneys who didn't follow his suggestion to bring more such cases got fired. Since then, d

ld have been. Republicans indulged themselves by searching for the purest, most principled conservative to represent them — Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all led in the polls before Romney finally pulled ahead late in the game. And none of them made their electability a factor in wh

to represent them — Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all led in the polls before Ro

f these areas. Among the many, many efforts to force Trump into presidential mode, this was the latest. Bannon then installed Mark Corallo, a former Karl Rove communications staffer, as the firewall spokesperson. He was also planning to put in Bossie and Lewandowski as part of the crisis management team. An

Bannon. On the campaign trail, he recalled, Newt Gingrich “would come with all these dumb ideas. When we wo

ooked like he would die.” “T now understand what it is like to be in the court of the Tudors,” reflected Bannon. On the campaign trail, he recalled, Newt Gingrich “would come with all these dumb ideas. When we won he was my new best friend. Every day a hundred ideas. When”—by spring in the White House—“T got co