Monthly Archives: January 2010

WSJ Coakley-palooza

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Wall Street Journal was a total Brownsheet – jumping into the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race and jumping on Martha Coakley (D-Is the President Here Yet?). The Journal ran three – count ’em, three – pieces about what’s being called … Continue reading →

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Haunty

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Certainly, there’s no shortage of suffering in Haiti. And Lord knows the people of Port-au-Prince have no rival in the misery that their lives are right now, given the unimaginable conditions they find themselves in. But take a moment also … Continue reading →

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Op-Odd Page

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Is it just me, or was the Boston Globe’s Wednesday op-ed page a bit of a train wreck? At the top of the page was this: WHY I SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT SENATOR Below that appeared short pieces from the … Continue reading →

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Is the New York Times Buying a Ford?

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

During the past seven days the New York Times has run eight pieces about a potential U.S. Senate Democratic primary smackdown between former Tennessee congressman Harold E. Ford, Jr. (D-Playboy) and emergency back-up New York Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-David … Continue reading →

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What Ailes Fox

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The Fox News/Roger Ailes/House of Murdoch rumpus proceeds apace, here in a Daily Beast piece from Lloyd Grove: Several News Corp. veterans tell Lloyd Grove that Roger Ailes may soon be out as Fox News chief—and that Rupert Murdoch can’t … Continue reading →

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“D’You Read David Brooks’ Latest Column?”

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Yes. D’you? David Brooks’ Tuesday New York Times piece led with an amazing array of statistics (and not just because I’m Jewish by attraction): Jews are a famously accomplished group. They make up 0.2 percent of the world population, but … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging the (Deadly) Massachusetts Senate Debate

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Monday night’s Senate debate was only slightly less jangly than the average David Gergen sentence. Gergen, who moderated the debate, started off with a litany of luminaries who had occupied this particular U.S. Senate seat over the years: Ted Kennedy, … Continue reading →

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What I Caught

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So the Missus and I went down the Big Town for a few days and here’s what we took in: • A charming Gauguin-and-his-influence show at the Wildenstein gallery. (Campaign Outsider Bonus Quote®: “When you see a Gauguin, you think, This … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Book Club™ Selection

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From time to time the hardworking staff actually manages to read a book, so it just made sense to launch the Campaign Outsider Book Club. This week’s/month’s/who knows selection is: Motherless Brooklyn, Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 novel. From the Google Books … Continue reading →

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