So far, the fundraising has primarily
benefited conservative organizations such as the Club for Growth, the Congressional Leadership Fund and American Crossroads, the group connected to George W. Bush's former White House adviser Karl Rove, which plans to spend up to $ 100 million on House and Senate races through its super PAC and nonprofit arms.
The National Press Club event will mark the latest in the complicated dance of distance and embrace between the nation's premier
conservative legal
organization and a man who professionally
benefited from his association with the group but then used his considerable cachet to further a cause opposed by many of its members.