Bush strategist Karl Rove is secretly seizing control of the GOP and amassing $135 million to destroy the Democrats. The linchpin of Rove's coup is American Crossroads -- a shadow version of the RNC for the party's richest donors. The group wants to become a fixture in GOP politics: "The idea is that there needs to be an institutional entity that will be there every cycle." The strategic logic is simple: American Crossroads will be where the real money goes to "play." "This is the plutocratic wing of the GOP getting together and deciding that, in the era of unlimited corporate contributions, they don't need a formal Republican Party anymore," says a top Democrat. "It's all about the accumulation of power."
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