'Reality' TV show looks for next Karl Rove

[Rose Siding]

Reality TV Gets Political Spin In 'Red/Blue' Series Proposal

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A proposed eight-part series titled "Red/Blue," which its creators aim to get on the air next summer, places 12 or 14 aspiring political consultants -- divided into two teams of liberals and conservatives -- inside a Georgetown townhouse that's wired with cameras and microphones a la "Real World" and "Big Brother." The participants engage in a series of challenges, both in and out of Washington, that test their political skills. Two hopefuls, one of each political stripe, will be eliminated each week. The last man or woman standing wins $1 million to spend on a cause or candidate in the 2006 election.

"We're trying to find Karl Rove, without all the baggage," said series co-creator Ken Smukler, a former Democratic strategist who now runs a Philadelphia-based political communications firm. He developed the show with his assistant, Harry Cook.
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Rather, "Red/Blue" contestant challenges will have a distinct Washington feel. "There will be an opposition research aspect" where teams gather intelligence and produce negative campaign spots attacking each another, Smukler said. They may also get involved in a local school board race to "see how they perform in a campaign management role."
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Smukler is not ruling out the possibility of some "Real World"-like romantic shenanigans on the set of "Red/Blue." "I would be surprised if it didn't happen," he said. "I come from a campaign world. Whenever I was managing a campaign and there was a bunch of 20- and 30-year-olds, something seemed to happen."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002206.html

"Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America" -jon stewart :banghead:

[Oreo]

1. Wouldn't a million dollar contribution to a candidate be illegal?

[Skidmore]

2. This needs to be nipped in the bud ASAP.

And a Dem is associated with it? What stupidity!!!

[nine23]

3. Already been done. It was called "Crossfire".

Sad, pathetic, serially-lying cast member Robert Novak, however, limped away with sadness when nobody expressed even a remote interest in any "Real World"-like romantic shenanigans with him...

[ComerPerro]

4. I could be Karl Rove. So could you. So could anyone

All you have to do is throw all morals, decency, and integrity out the window and be willing to do dirty, evil things to accomplish your ultimate goal.

LIHOP, anyone?

[HootieMcBoob]

5. One positive thing it could do is expose the conservative nut-bag agenda

to the rest of the country.

It could also be used to showcase progressive ideas.

Looking at it from that perspective, there could be positives.

[Bleacher Creature]

6. Here's where they should look.

http://www.lvarea.com/data/usp_info.htm