Unity '09

" Ticket for the -- out of Washington this morning are suggesting that a number of left wing groups are uniting to push the president's agenda. That according to a report from politico dot com. The new organization is called unity 9 but don't look for a website because wearing his group is trying to keep its efforts top secret. Why. Karl Rove his former senior adviser to President Bush and now Fox News contributor Carl good morning. Good morning bright early I -- great thank you video nine is composed of pretty much as part of left to get groups like moveon.org and others. Why why would keep their efforts to support the president's agenda secret."

" Well maybe because the composition of the group commission moveon.org remember they're the people who smeared General Petraeus. By calling him general betray us and this is also the same groups and in the aftermath of the attacks in the World Trade Center. Ran a full page ad in the New York Times cautioning against. Violent reaction to use the Taliban -- advocate violence only begets violence I mean they're really out on the fringes of American politics. And they may recognize at the other reason is is that look at who are their targets. The step back for men and and and asked the question why are they doing this are two answers to that one is they could be going after Republicans. In order to sort of create an environment in which if you vote against the president you suffer political consequences back home. That would seem to run a little bit -- counter to present Obama's and you know declarations that he wants a new kind of politics without recriminations. The more likely is that these left wing groups are of their primarily focused on making certain that blue dog Democrats. And centrist new Democrats. You know tow the line when it comes to Obama policies up and down the line so they may want to. And they want to have a little bit lower visibility because their principal targets in summer Republicans -- there are other targets are these more conservative Democrats who are a queasy about how many. How much deficit how much spending and how much taxes are in the in the Obama but that's."

" He sounds like that's their mission because that they say that their goal is to pressure lawmakers to back the president's agenda whether they believe they're not they want them to support it. You've got as they mention that moveon.org American Civil Liberties Union the ACLU. National council of La Raza that's Hispanic rights group planned parenthood labor unions I mean it's like a laundry list of sort of liberal Democrat wing groups -- groups right so. They're banning together and -- that one of the first things that they reportedly did was this attack on Rush Limbaugh that if the supposedly. Reportedly had this is with the group that wasn't part. Behind this concerted effort to try to -- the Republican Party to Rush Limbaugh which Karl likable than it was a very effective tactic."

" Well -- let's step back event there too because who what we do know about this is that this idea was concocted by James Carville Stan Greenberg from polling where they found Rush Limbaugh was unpopular among. -- younger Democrats among. One more liberal people. So what they did as he went to the Obama White House and David Axelrod authorized the attack he says so in New York Times interview with him. Rama Manuel assigns a full time staffer to modern to the assault on rush limber. And then you have Robert Gibbs gleefully launching the attack from the podium -- the media to go after Rush Limbaugh. You know what that's sort of what that's demeaning to the White House why the White House doing that kind of thing rather than having an argument about the merits of the issue. We don't defend the bailout defended the earmarks defend the the omnibus pork spending defend the budget defend the record deficits. What they do is they set up this direction. By going after Rush Limbaugh now might be a clever tactic but the American people I think are a little bit smarter than that and they look at that is say why as the White House wasted its time doing that and why is the president of the United States walking -- the Oval Office and jumping down onto a stage. With a popular. Radio commentator it just it's demeaning to analyze."

" Even as anyone you get beyond that kind of politics is that he'd be right I do want to operate White House that work that we've let me ask you this -- because they say that the president is that the White House is not directly tied to this group. That they're not working directly with this group but when you see something like beat the living by example. Which you know reportedly this group was behind and they have the White House pushing it not just from the president himself but from his Press Secretary and so on. Do you believe that."

" Well -- these recordings let's not kid ourselves to go out of their way for example last week they unveiled at 845. Phone call -- held each morning among left wing groups. And they still went out of their way to say the White House does not participate directly in these phone calls were not that begs the question of and then you another way say but work. Coordinating closely with the White House ahead of our organization was ahead of Obama's transition and while global oblong block the same with this group you know the White House has not directly. They know is not directly involved in our activities or are they indirectly involve other coordinated -- they suggested you. Because this raises a question of of are the rules being bent or violated because for example it is Italy it is illegal. From the White House to ask somebody on the outside to run advertisements. Lobbying members of congress if those scripts or go through the White House if somebody same. We wanted to do an -- Americans united for change that is focused on say the Republicans are voting no. This could it be a legal problem for the White House put it at minimum. The kind of things that they're saying and doing run counter to the spirit of what President Obama led us to believe that he would have once he got into office and as a result. They are giving the lie to what the president said he wanted to do."

" You know is there response or at least one that noted that Democrats response to submitted questions people have raised about this group does look -- changed. It into words of public -- who you know political consultant when it went president Clinton's guys says quote when progressive activists. Are working in concert and the right is forming a circular firing squad you know it's a new day. Does he have a point."

" Well and then this this is a commentary that's wrong in the Republicans and conservatives are not forming a circular firing squad but I do acknowledged that the the liberal groups left wing groups are doing a better job coordinating their action and -- in developing the resources to push through this very large budget was very large deficits in very large taxes. So why you have to show -- take your hand to their to their coordination and their effectiveness on the other hand. It is running counter exactly counter to the spirit the President Obama let us to believe and it is clear as well that the White House is -- and is encouraging directing organizing. Prompting supporting. And and facilitating these efforts and that is not only running counter -- the spirit of what President Obama laid out but it's also potentially put them at some risk of violating rules. Karl Rove for the pleasure talking to you thanks for being thanks for having --"