The Montana Republican Party called on President George Bush’s longtime political adviser, Karl Rove, on Wednesday to help revive the local party and instruct the GOP faithful on how to take back political control of this once-red state.

Rove was in Missoula on Wednesday for a private fundraiser at the DoubleTree Hotel to benefit the Montana Republican Party. The high-priced business-attire affair – which attracted a small group of protesters outside the hotel – began with a roundtable discussion with a small group of Republicans, and then followed with a reception where Rove delivered about a 20-minute talk reminiscing about his days in the White House and emphasizing the importance of upcoming national and local races, according to Will Deschamps, the Missoula County Republican Central Committee chairman, who attended.

The intimate event was not open to the public, including the media.

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