Monthly Archives: June 2012

More E-Mail From Some Flounder

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

(Tip o’ the pixel to Rocky & Bullwinkle, as alway) Yesterday the hardworking staff got e-mail from the Romney campaign (Win a seat on our campaign bus!) and the Obama campaign (Give us a shoutout on the healthcare win!). Today … Continue reading →

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Did Steve Schwartz Just Miss His Last WGBH Radio Show?

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Reports of WGBH radio’s jazz pogrom indicated that some of the station’s sweeping program changes would take effect next week. To the consternation of loyal listeners, WGBH-FM (89.7) is dropping jazz programming on weeknights, moving longtime host Eric Jackson to … Continue reading →

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E-Mail From Some Flounder?

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

(Tip o’ the pixel to Rocky & Bullwinkle) Because the hardworking staff is all about you splendid readers, we receive a lot of e-mail from the Obama and Romney campaigns. Here are today’s e-missives. From Romney digidrone Zac Moffat:   … Continue reading →

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So Shame On You, Barack Obama!

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney (R-Nobamacare) has a new TV spot and a new BFF: Hillary Clinton.   According to BuzzFeed, the ad is running in seven swing states, but a former Clinton aide doubts it will be effective: Anyone who’s ever run … Continue reading →

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What – Nadal Just Can’t Beat THIS Guy Either?

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk: The hardwatching staff yields to no man in our admiration and respect for Rafael Nadal. So it’s not bad enough that he’s been buffeted by Hurricane Novak the past year and a half? Now … Continue reading →

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The T Is Like Somebody’s Hobby (“Signal Problems” Edition)

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The MBTA never cease to underwhelm. On our Inbound trip, the hardrunning staff got to the trolley before it started leaving the station, but the driver looked straight at us and drove away. On the Outbound leg, the trolley stopped … Continue reading →

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Jack Shafer: Why Leaks Are Good For You

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

In the wake of New York Times reports about U.S. Iranian cyberattacks and Taliban drone attacks, excellent Reuters media critic Jack Shafer has a smart post on why classified-information leaks should be celebrated, not denigrated. The most significant leaks, especially of … Continue reading →

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Mac Users Sent Into Orbitz

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Online tracking gets more and more sophisticated every day. From the Wall Street Journal: On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.’s Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so … Continue reading →

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What’s Mitt Romney’s Problem?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

As a service to our splendid readers, the hardreading staff checks out a lot of dailypolitical digests, and sometimes the contrasts are just too big to ignore. Case in point: The “Romney Problem” as articulated by MSNBC’s First Read and … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Obama Boston Edition)

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our Compare and Contrast in Clear Idiomatic English desk: For the Boston Globe, Barack Obama’s trip to Boston on Monday was just fundraising as usual, front page below the fold. For the Boston Herald, the whole thing was beyond … Continue reading →

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