Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Romney MA Jobs Edition)

The Obama campaign continues its sandblasting of Mitt Romney’s jobs record as Massachusetts governor, running this ad in CO, FL, IA, NC, NH, NH, NV, OH, PA, and VA (via MSNBC’s First Read).   First Read notes that Romney has taken … Continue reading

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$ex and the City: Sarah Jessica Parker Puts Out For Obama

The 2012 presidential campaign is all about My Dinner with Celebrity Whoever. Start with Barack Obama’s George Clooney dinnerfest last month (via the LA Times’s Food blog): DINNER AT CLOONEY’S One hundred and fifty wealthy Democrats joined President Obama for dinner at … Continue reading

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Headscratcher o’ the Day (NYT/Elizabeth Warren Edition)

From Sunday’s New York Times piece about Landslide Lizzy Warren’s sweeping of (and sweeping Marisa DeFranco aside of) the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention on Saturday: In recent days, Ms. Warren has taken more aggressive steps to try to counteract the … Continue reading

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Dr. Evil Targets Mike Bloomberg

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed crackdown on big sugary drinks is going over like the metric system. Exhibit A: This full-page New York Times the American Beverage Association ran on Friday. Exhibit B: This full-page ad the Center for … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney Is Tough. No, Wait – He’s Wimpy.

From our New York Times Corp. Kissin’ Cousins desk: The Boston Globe and its kissin’ cousin the New York Times have very different takes on how presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney (R-How You Like Me Now?) is viewed by the … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Warren Goes Off The Reservation

The hardworking staff opened the old mailbag today and a letter from none other than Elizabeth Warren (D-Indian Giver) poured out. Dear Friend, I came out of a hardworking [!] middle class family at a time when America was creating … Continue reading

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Doc Emrick: The Musical

One of the great joys of the Stanley Cup playoffs has been Mike Emrick’s call of them (especially Bruins-Capitals and Rangers-Devils). From the Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan: There are many great sports announcers in our midst. But the one whose … Continue reading

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The Factory Is Facebook. The Product Being Manufactured Is You.

(With apologies to Adbusters) Dispatches from the Facebook/Marketing/Privacy vortex. From MediaPost: Facebook Rolls Out Promoted Posts, New Page Tools Facebook is taking steps to boost ad spending directly through brand pages, while also giving marketers new tools for managing their presence on … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Gov. Patrick Strong-Arm Edition)

From our When Deval Picked Lizzy desk: Thursday’s local dailies had very different takes on Gov. Deval Patrick’s decision to endorse Elizabeth Warren (D-CherOKee) in the Massachusetts Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Boston Globe page B1: Governor Patrick endorses Elizabeth … Continue reading

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David Axelrod Is Full Of It

House of Obama consigliere David Axelrod tweeted this yesterday: This, as it happens, is a piece in Politico: GOP groups plan record $1 billion blitz Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives … Continue reading

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