Carl Forti
Carl Forti
Carl Forti is an American Republican Party strategist who is the political director of Karl Rove's American Crossroads Super PAC. He was political director for Mitt Romney in 2008. Prior to joining American Crossroads, Forti has co-founded the Black Rock Group and has been instrumental in the formation of Republican 527's and Super PACs. He has been referred to as "Karl Rove's Karl Rove", "one of the smartest people in politics you've never heard of," and "the Alexander the Great...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
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Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.
I will give them full credit for having recruited some good candidates, no doubt about it.
You can play a what-if game, but we don't typically address hypothetical scenarios.
Having military experience is a great resume item, but it does not automatically make someone a good candidate. It takes a lot more to be a credible candidate than one strong resume point.
People don't go into a voting booth and vote for a Republican or Democratic Congress. They vote for a person and a person they have a relationship with.
It's never been a problem for Bono. I find it hard to believe she would pass up an opportunity to lobby the President on behalf of Operation Smile.
Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it.
It clearly helps to have the White House refocused on a very positive message. The pushback that they have given has reinvigorated everybody.
It's very easy to look at something and just click delete. At least if they are taking out a piece of mail, you know they are taking it out and looking at it on the way to the garbage can.
I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
We talk to groups and people all the time and recommend strategy. We do that with campaigns. It's part of what we do.
To us, it's much more important to recruit someone who can win,
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