Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Dead Blogging The Fender Bender In Denver

Ads ‘n’ ends from last night’s Barack Obama/Mitt Romney bakeoff in the Mile High/Low Expectations City: • If you picked “crushed” for your drinking game, you were knee-walking by 9:14. • The first half hour of this thing was strictly … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Just Call Him Howie Carr-toon)

There’s something entirely cartoonish about the Boston Herald’s front page today. Details at IGTLTDT.  

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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads In The New York Times (William Louis-Dreyfus Edition)

From our First-World Bitching desk The hardenvying staff has previously noted people who have the means (meaning $125,000-$175,000) to bloviate in a full-page New York Times ad about whatever they want to bloviate about. Now comes William Louis-Dreyfus, who says … Continue reading

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On Children’s Privacy, No More Kid Gloves For Federal Government

The Obama administration is cracking down on data minors. Details at the excellently renovated (thanks, Diana & Gabby!) Sneak Adtack.

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Boston Herald Debate And Twitch Edition)

More flood-the-zone coverage by the Boston Herald of the Scott Brown/Elizabeth Warren debate it co-sponsored. Details at IGTLTDT.  

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Dead Blogging The Brown/Warren Debates, Round Two

Three questions from the hardwatching staff about last night’s U.S. Senate debate between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren: 1) When will the local news media call Brown out on his cook-the-books claim that he’s only voted with Republicans 54% of the … Continue reading

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Union Runs Trashy Attack On Mitt Romney

From Politico’s Morning Score: EXCLUSIVE – AFSCME TRACKS DOWN ROMNEY’S GARBAGE MAN: The public service union features Richard Hayes, whose route includes Romney’s ocean-front mansion in La Jolla, Calif., in a new video that highlights the 47% comment. “We’re kind of … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Mass. State Police Drug Lab(yrinth))

The state crime-lab rumpus is bringing out the most in the Boston dailies. Details at IGTLTDT.  

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NYT: Fender (Mind) Bender

From the Sunday New York Times Business section: Aiming To Stay Plugged In Fender Is Juggling The Fickle Tastes of Musicians and Wall St. IN 1948, a radio repairman named Leo Fender took a piece of ash, bolted on a … Continue reading

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It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Lab Rate Edition)

Saturday’s Page One bakeoff features the Mass. state drug lab bust. Details at IGTLTDT. (Today’s bakeoff TBD.)  

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