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Karl Rove Speaks to NewsChannel 5 From RNC

by KREX News Room
by Cori Coffin

Story Created: Aug 27, 2012 at 11:55 PM MDT

Story Updated: Aug 28, 2012 at 10:55 PM MDT

TAMPA, Fla.- Among the Republican National Convention's power players is former senior advisor to the George W. Bush administration, Karl Rove.

On Monday, Rove spoke with NewsChannel 5's Cori Coffin on how he believes Colorado has been impacted by the Obama administration and what Romney's energy plan would actually mean for the Western Slope.

"Colorado, like most states, is suffering economically. Jobs are down, paychecks are down, people are worried about their futures. Coloradans, like every American, are concerned about the future. They're worried about a growing national debt that's going to be paid by our kids and grandkids. They're worried about a national defense that seems to be on the verge of being whittled away and they're really concerned about the lack of a sensible energy policy. There's an almost outright hostility towards hydrocarbons, oil, gas and coal on the part of this administration. They've also seen a lack of sensitivity toward the issues that the Rocky Mountain West cares about," said Rove.

Rove also explained how Romney is going to work with groups like the EPA if he gets into office.

"First of all, you do need a new EPA administrator. Not to just make us more energy independent but to stop loading on regulations that are going to make it more difficult for us to achieve energy independence. For example, the administration is looking at a rule which would basically take eight percent of our power generation capacity offline almost overnight. That would have huge consequences for the cost of energy and for the cost of making goods and services in America. I talked to some mid-western industrial chiefs who said that if that happens, the price of energy that goes into our manufacturing process is not going to go up by eight percent, it's going to go up 20 percent, or 25 percent, or 30 percent. All the years that we've spent making the American industry and American workers competitive with our foreign competitors is going to be out the window. The biggest change has got to be in making federal lands and federal waters available for sensible environmental regulation. We got all the tough regulations in place to make sure that when people drill on federal lands or drill on federal waters, that they do a good job and if they don't, then there are severe penalties as we saw in the BP example," said Rove.

There are 71 days left before the general election on Nov. 6.

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Jack Smith said on Tuesday, Aug 28 at 11:23 AM

Really Karl? Your tax cuts and wars put us so far in debt that it is literally mind boggling. You helped destroy our citizens ability to vote by backing billuionaires over everybody else with the citizen united decision. You are also the reason why I changed from the GOP to independent. Obama sucks, but I shudder to think about what you and the GOP extremist would do to our great country.

Anonymous said on Tuesday, Aug 28 at 7:26 AM

yawn

Solar Guy said on Tuesday, Aug 28 at 5:14 AM

The "Hostility" comes from the "Industry" that wants US to continue paying for their "offshore investments"...Big money never "mingles" even to those who have their LIPS firmly Super-Glued" to the "Elephant's Behind"...

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