Reply #93: Morton Blackwell closely connected to Rove

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http://www.democrats.org/news/200408310013.html

Blackwell Trained Karl Rove. Morton Blackwell, a former national executive director of the College Republicans, trained a teen-aged Karl Rove as a field organizer, and taught him "people in politics should pay less attention to consultants, television advertising, polls, and 'message,' and more attention to the old-fashioned side of the business: registering voters, organizing volunteers, making face-to-face contact during the last days of a campaign, and getting people to the polls on Election Day."

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Rove Consults With Blackwell on Political Strategy. At the 2000 convention, Bush strategist Karl Rove consulted with Morton Blackwell of Virginia, who supported a plan that emphasized primaries in small states when the Republican Party selects its presidential nominee.

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Blackwell "Trained More Political Activists Than Any Other Conservative." According to the biography on the leadership Institute website, Blackwell "has probably trained more political activists than any other conservative. Starting in the 1960's, he has trained thousands of people who have served on staff for Republican candidates in every state." <http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/01ABOUTUS/02MCBlackwell.htm>