Monthly Archives: August 2010

What Can Brown Do For You? (Barn Jacket Division)

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

You can’t spit without hitting a Scott Brown wannabe these days. Sunday Boston Globe headline: In N.H., candidates test Brown formula The front-page piece chronicles the efforts by four New Hampshire US Senate hopefuls to Brownify themselves. Nut graf: In … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Truth-In-Advertising Watch (pat. pending)

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Because of a global-warming-induced cookie-making drought, the hardworking staff has lately had to substitute bought chocolate chip cookies for homemade. So we turned to the purveyor of all foods tasty, Trader Joe’s, and their “soft & chewy” chocolate chips. Except … Continue reading →

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The WSJ/NYT Slapfight (pat. pending)

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Exhibit Umpteen in the Wall Street Journal’s attempted death-by-a-thousand-paper-cuts of the New York Times: Seth Lipsky’s Weekend Edition op-ed piece. Lede: It will be hard to find a more overdue newspaper “correction” than that issued last Saturday by the New … Continue reading →

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Dead Palin Bounce

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Really, how stupid do you have to be to get elected in New Hampshire? Friday Boston Globe headline: Two N.H. lawmakers in hot water over Facebook posts about Palin Rep. Timothy Horgan of Durham resigned after he wrote on his … Continue reading →

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Your Democracy At Work

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Eye-opening piece in Friday’s Wall Street Journal. Headline: How to Fix a Dysfunctional Senate: Cut 98 Senators Lede: WASHINGTON—Apparently the Senate can work quickly after all. You just have to limit it to two senators. On Thursday, the chamber approved … Continue reading →

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This Is Exactly Why The MBTA Accepts NO Advocacy Ads

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Major dustup in New York around this transit ad “submitted by a group opposed to the construction of a mosque and Islamic center near ground zero” (via Thursday’s New York Times): The back story: The [Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s] advertising firm initially … Continue reading →

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Weekly Standard ‘All In’ On Massachusetts Gambling

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider is the first to admit that our attention to the Bay State’s casino gambling rumpus has been more occasional than tenacious. Perhaps because of that, we found this Christopher Caldwell piece in the current issue … Continue reading →

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Variety Whacks Boston Globe Editorial Page

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Variety’s Brian Lowry tags the Boston Globe for publishing the “dumb newspaper editorial of the day.” Thanks to Jim Romenesko for flagging the dumb newspaper editorial of the day, courtesy of the Boston Globe, which conflates Washington Post critic Tom Shales’ … Continue reading →

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The Great Rivera

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Say, that was some win by the Yankees last night, no? (Boxscore here.) They rallied from a 6-1 deficit to take a 7-6 lead into the bottom of the ninth against the Texas Rangers. As death follows taxes, that meant … Continue reading →

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