Tag Archives: TechPresident

WSJ Tracks Super PACs

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

As the hardworking staff has relentlessly chronicled, Super PACs are driving the GOP presidential primary in a way no one (Paging the Supreme Court . . . paging the totally clueless Supreme Court) could have imagined. But at least someone … Continue reading →

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What Can Brown Do For Himself?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

From techPresident: Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts is distributing video of a brief interaction he had with President Barack Obama after the State of the Union where he says that he will tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to move on … Continue reading →

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“Nobody Loves [Mitt Romney]” Video Goes Viral?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Mitt Romney (R-Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places) is getting tubed on YouTube, according to techPresident: Mitt Romney is the subject of a viral video called “Nobody Loves Me,” which highlights some of Romney’s more awkward campaign stops and the Republican … Continue reading →

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GOP Social Studies

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

It’s not that retail politics is for losers in the Republican presidential primary race, but the candidates stumping hardest in Iowa and New Hampshire – Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry – are generally polling lowest. (Exception that … Continue reading →

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Romney-Vous Français?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

An outfit called AmericanLP has launched an ad campaign sure to please the Freedom Fries set. The liberal Super PAC’s TV spot features footage of Mitt Romney speaking French in a promotional video for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Superimposed at … Continue reading →

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Open Softwar Over Anti-Piracy Legislation On Capitol Hill

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Wednesday’s New York Times and Wall Street Journal featured this full-page ad opposing the PROTECT IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act currently being considered by Congress. And it’s not just those Internet bigwigs who are protesting the proposed legislation. … Continue reading →

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World Without Facebook

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Via techPresident: Artist Ian Wojtowicz has created the UnFacebook World Map, a composite of the NASA Earth at Night map and Facebook’s Friendship Map (Click to enlarge.) Those were the days, eh?

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The Warren Watch (pat. pending)

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Lots of media action around Elizabeth Warren – good, bad, and . . . unattractive (ugly is such an ugly word). The good: This largely laudatory profile in Vanity Fair. The bad (for Tim Geithner): This flashback via techPresident. This … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Viral Video Edition)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Up to now, the hardworking staff has limited The Rumpus to paid advertising in print or on television (still waiting on our first radio spot). But as this piece from techPresident notes, online video advertising is a growth industry in … Continue reading →

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“Is Rick Perry Gay?”

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

Plug “is rick perry” into the Googletron, techPresident says, and “is rick perry gay” is the top search phrase in Google Select: Fun! But true? The hardworking staff tried it ourselves and came up with the same result. TechPresident even … Continue reading →

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