Monthly Archives: February 2010

Dead Blogging the Super Bowl Ads

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, we’ve always adopted a flood-the-zone approach to Super Bowl coverage. So the hardworking staff was on the Super Bowl ads like Brown on Williamson. Overall impression: With far too many of … Continue reading →

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Gi-SELL Bundchen

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Gisele Bundchen’s midwife has delivered an exclusive interview to the Boston Herald, telling the breathless tabloid that “Bundchen had ‘no pain’ and ‘no fear’ during her natural childbirth in a bathtub in the Beacon Hill home she shares with husband Tom … Continue reading →

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My Oh Mihos!

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From old friend Mike Barry, who writes – wrote? – the always entertaining but thoroughly sporadic 201k blog: So [Thursday] night at the Bruins game, a puck went into the stands and Christy Mihos (running for governor) caught it and … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Theater Festival™

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The Missus and I took in the Saturday matinee of “All My Sons” at the Huntington Theater (no, we did not go for the Early Bird Special afterwards), and we both had the same thing to say about it. Fabulous. … Continue reading →

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Hey, WCVB: Say What?

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Boston’s ABC affiliate WCVB had an *** EXCLUSIVE *** on Friday:  An interview with former Boston cop Justin Barrett, who was fired over a “racially insensitive e-mail” he sent to the Boston Globe in the wake of last summer’s Henry … Continue reading →

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Rohde Warrior

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff trooped over to the International House of Politics Friday afternoon to hear New York Times reporter David Rohde speak at the Joan Shorenstein Center (audio here). Rohde, as you’ll doubtless remember, was held captive by the Taliban … Continue reading →

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Ads ‘n’ Ends

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Who Dat Who Say Louisiana Is 1st in Ethics Disclosure Laws? The Pelican State has hitched its wagon to the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl bid by running a national newspaper ad for Louisiana Economic Development headlined, “The Stats Don’t … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse Gasbags

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Barack Obama is currently neck-deep in two wars, healthcare reform legislation that’s on life support, 10% unemployment, and a battle over gays in the military. (Why now? Don’t ask.) So what better time for a special-interest group to toss America’s energy policy into the mix. … Continue reading →

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Demand Comment Time

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

In the wake of Pres. Obama’s GOP tango in Baltimore last week, a Whitman’s Sampler of political types has launched a campaign called Demand Question Time (tip o’ the pixel to Politico Playbook). The roughly four dozen demanders cover the … Continue reading →

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Political Appeal

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider was all abuzz Tuesday when a letter poured in from Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. After his rather crisp salutation (Dear Fellow Commonwealth Resident), the governor wrote this: Now more … Continue reading →

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