Monthly Archives: March 2010

Detroit Is The Bone-Dry New Orleans

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Nice Saturday New York Times Page One piece about Detroit’s fabulous, abandoned Michigan Central Station. Money quote: “A building like that would not be allowed to deteriorate that way and remain standing in any other city” The Motor City: Crescent … Continue reading →

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Chalabi-ing Chalabi

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Question: How does made conman Ahmad Chalabi get an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal? Answer: He opens his mouth.

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The Mugwump Moment

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider was recently asked to compose an essay addressing the state of the communications industry. Our humble offering: This is the Mugwump Moment in the media world – mug on one side of the fence, … Continue reading →

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Is The Meaning Of ‘Jocular’ A Joke?

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From a Thursday Boston Globe report headlined Watertown shouting match not routine: It was not at a pub or in an alley. Instead, the confrontation occurred after a routine session of the Watertown Town Council on Nov. 10, when an … Continue reading →

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Starbuckshot

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Seems the pistol-packin’ set has invaded your local Starbucks (via the Wall Street Journal): Starbucks Corp. and some other chain stores in the U.S. are finding themselves caught in the middle of a firearms debate, as gun-control advocates go up … Continue reading →

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New York’s Goobernatorial Follies

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Most states are content to flame-broil one governor at a time (see: Rod Blagojevich, the Prairie State and James McGreevey, the Garden State). Not the Empire State. New York has two on the barbie: Current Gov. David Paterson (D-Yankee Stadium) … Continue reading →

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Editors’ Note o’ the Day™

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Thursday’s New York Times: Editors’ Note A commentary published on Feb. 7, 2008, in the Arts section discussed the impact of the recently deceased Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Beatles and their music. The article mentioned in passing Alexis … Continue reading →

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Magazine Mazel Tov!

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, we welcome any new print publication, regressive as that might seem. So the hardworking staff was all a-Twitter when the premiere edition of the Jewish Review of Books tumbled out of … Continue reading →

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Kausfiles Candidate Papers

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

This could be a hoot: Mickey Kaus Takes Out Papers For U.S. Senate Run Pioneering political blogger Mickey Kaus took out papers filed to run for U.S. Senate in California, he told LA Weekly. The Venice resident said he’ll run this … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging The Game Changers

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So the hardworking staff trundled over to the International House of Politics Tuesday evening and here’s what we found: The Shorenstein Center’s “Discussion with John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, authors of Game Change.” (Video not available at post time.) Heilmann (D-New York),  Halperin … Continue reading →

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