Karl Rove Melts Down[Plus]What a Waste of Millions!

 Grace Wyler   

At the behest of Karl Rove, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly left the newsroom Tuesday night to demand that the Fox Decision Desk explain why it had called Ohio for Barack Obama. 

The pollsters at the decision desk seemed a little amused by Kelly's field trip, and explained that Obama is expected to win enough votes in Ohio's Democratic-leaning counties to preclude a win by Mitt Romney in the state. 

Rove, however, was not satisfied. 

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Karl Rove is the co-founder and senior advisor to American Crossroads, a multi-faceted organization that has raised massive amounts of money in order to get Mitt Romneyelected to the presidency. 

That did not work out. 

Here's how much American Crossroads spent on Mitt Romney, thanks to the records at the Center for Responsive Politics.

• In 2012, American Crossroads' Super PAC raised $80 million.
• Using money rolled over from a previous cycle, American Crossroads Super PAC spent $100 million this election cycle. 
• American Crossroads Super PAC spent more than 84% of that — $84.6 million to be precise — in independent expenditures against Barack Obama. 
• They also spent $6.5 million bolstering Mitt Romney
• The affiliated 501(c) spent $70 million on the election, much of that in support of Mitt Romney's presidential bid. 
• In the end, Rove spent between $90 million and $160 million of other people's money on Mitt Romney. That investment did not pay off. 

Some donors spent multi-millions with the belief that Rove and Romney would deliver victory, the highest donor giving $19.5 million. 

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