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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Cain & Airable Edition)
Hormone – sorry, Herman – Cain has launched his first ad campaign, and it’s, well, eminently forgettable. Via MSNBC’s First Read: DES MOINES, Iowa — Herman Cain released his first television ad of the presidential cycle today, not surprisingly, in the first-in-the-nation … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Kleckner, First Read, Herman Cain, Iowa, MSNBC, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Steve Grubbs
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Boston Globe Draws GOP Fire Over Brown/Warren Headlines
Barack Obama often talks about the silly season in politics. Now, welcome to the sensitive season. From Ben Smith’s media blog on Politico: Let the Globe grumbles begin A Republican official sends over two recent headlines from the Boston Globe … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Smith, Boston Globe, Elizabeth Warren, GOP, Politico, Scott Brown
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WWD=Women’s Wear Deadly
Herman Cain, fashion victim. In more ways than one. Your brickbats go here. (Tip o’ the pixel to the Missus.)
Gail And Seamus Are Back!
New York Times dogged columnist Gail Collins is growling again, this time about last night’s GOP presidential primary debate in Michigan : Pity the Republican voters. They aren’t asking for much. They just want a candidate who’s really conservative but … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Collins, Geico gecko, Michigan GOP debate, New York Times, Seamus
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NYT, WSJ Handicap The 2012 Election
Somebody please get the Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz and the New York Times’s Nate Silver into the same room. In Wednesday’s Journal, Rabinowitz makes a compelling case for Newt Gingrich as a viable alternative to Mitt Romney in the … Continue reading
Rick Perry, R.I.P.
The hardworking staff has three things to say about presidential hopeless Rick Perry (R-I Coulda Been a Contender): 1) Perry’s brain-freeze moment in the Michigan GOP debate will live forever in political memory. 2) Via the ubiquitous Larry Sabato: 3) … Continue reading
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Tagged brain-freeze moment, Larry Sabato, Michigan GOP debate, Rick Perry
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Super PAC Smackdown Edition)
Super PACs are the kibitzers of political campaigns. They circle behind the players and throw their two (million) cents in, but never have to worry about losing the game. Enter Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA, which are running new TV … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Crossroads GPS, First Read, jobs bill, kibitzers, MSNBC, Pell grants, Priorities USA, Super PAC smackdown
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That’s Just So Mean! (Sharon Bialek Edition)
The Boston Herald, never a photographic friend to women, does it again: A picture’s worth . . . worrying about in the hands of the Herald.
Mitt Romney Can’t Add
In a rare encounter with actual people, presidential wannabe Mitt Romney (R-Call Me Ahab) parachuted into Iowa this week in an effort to – wait for it – campaign there without seeming to campaign there. According to a New York … Continue reading
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