By RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press Writer
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Former White House adviser Karl Rove said Monday the tea party movement may be “a little raw and unsophisticated,” but he expects its message of outrage toward Washington will boost voter turnout this fall and help Republicans win control of Congress.
Rove, who was President George W. Bush’s top political adviser, said he expects millions more voters will come to the polls in November than in 2006, the last midterm election when turnout was estimated at more than 82 million.
“I would not be surprised to see turnout over 90 million in this election,” Rove told reporters in Savannah, where he spoke at a fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee. “And the difference … is going to be largely the people who have been motivated by the tea party.”