<p>As many have already discussed, Karl Rove has launched an organization, the Conservative Victory Group, that purports to work on behalf of conservative candidates to shore up our numbers in Congress and bring our party into the 21st century.</p><p>Like many others, I viewed this as the political equivalent of declaring war on the grassroots.</p><p>The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny set off the fireworks with his opening paragraph introducing the world to Rove's group, writing that it will work "to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party's efforts to win control of the Senate."</p><p>He then quoted American Crossroads' President, Steven J. Law, as saying that we are losing candidates because the "wrong candidates were selected." An astoundingly astute observation supported by the fact that we lost. One can only assume that Law is referring to Mitt Romney as well.</p><p><a href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/02/06/its-the-messaging-stupid-its-the-stupid-messaging/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3005471/rebranding-gop-can-marketing-facelift-overhaul-republican-party">Rebranding The GOP: Can A Marketing Facelift Overhaul The Republican Party?</a> (Fast Company)</p><p><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/2144819499001/rep-cantor-on-looming-sequestration-cuts-gop-message/">Rep. Cantor on looming sequestration cuts, GOP message</a> (Fox News)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d5HnZDw2_Wblp8MDBNSyBQIDY1H3M&ned=us">237 additional articles.</a></p>