Tag Archives: Morning Score

Let The Wild Sequester Rumpus Begin! (Bankrupting America Edition)

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Now that the dreaded sequester is starting to feel like the New Normal, the airwaves are starting to fill up with ads trying to position it as the New Abnormal. First shot (via Politico’s Morning Score): Bankrupting America, a project … Continue reading →

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Did Romney Get Rooked?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Among the many mistakes Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign made was his “unusual in-house ad strategy,” described by Politico this way: Unlike other presidential campaigns, which typically outsource their ad reservations and placement to specialized firms with large teams that know … Continue reading →

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Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (You’re A Liar! No, YOU’RE A Liar! Edition)

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Here’s what the 2012 presidential race has come down to: One campaign releases a lying ad (Exhibit A); the other campaign releases a lying response to the lying ad (Exhibit B). From Politico’s Morning Score: ROMNEY RERELEASES “AMERICA DESERVES BETTER”: The … Continue reading →

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Hey – Does This Validate The People’s Pledge?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

The hardworking staff has been bird-dogging the People’s Pledge to keep independent expenditure groups out of the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Scott Brown (R-Have You Met My Wife?) and challenger Elizabeth Warren (D-Indian Giver). Yet another indication that it’s … Continue reading →

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Bad News o’ the Day (Wall Street Nobama Edition)

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

Tough sledding on Wall Street for Pres. Obama. No snow. From Politico’s Playbook: THE MONEY, HONEY — “Wall Street’s vote: Romney by a landslide,” by Abby Phillip and Kenneth P. Vogel: “Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting it … Continue reading →

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Is The People’s Pledge Actually Working?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

The agreement between incumbent U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Not Native American) and his likely challenger Elizabeth Warren (D-Likely Not Native American) to curb independent political expenditures from their campaigns – a.k.a. the People’s Pledge – has met with skepticism across … Continue reading →

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Hey – Does This Violate The People’s Pledge? (V)

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

The liberal Super PAC American Bridge has released a web video – to coincide with Fenway’s 100th Birthday Bash – that whacks Sen. Scott Brown (R-Fenway Franking Privilege) for purportedly pushing to ship the Sox to Foxborough back in 2001. … Continue reading →

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Daddy Mittbucks

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Anemic Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA Action claims it’s spending $688,000 on this ad in Ohio, Florida, Iowa, and Virginia, according to Politico’s Morning Score:   The hardworking staff’s favorite image:   Maybe Priorities USA Action is actionally spending that much … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Hoarding Cats Edition)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Via Politico’s Morning Score: SNEAK PEEK – MOVEON AD HITS ROMNEY ON BUFFETT RULE: A new 30-second animated TV ad from MoveOn.org plays off of the Lolcats meme to challenge Romney’s opposition to the Buffett Rule and accuses him of letting … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum’s Revisionist Campaign History

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

Via Politico’s Morning Score: MAKING NICE—Santorum has pulled all the anti-Romney ads off his YouTube page. BuzzFeed saved back-up copies: http://bit.ly/HNSaRN. Representative sample:   Hey, Rick – in the digital age you can run, but you can’t hide, from what you did.

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