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The Face(book) Of Online Privacy’s Future

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The big Mark Zuckerberg takeout in New York magazine is getting lots of attention, but even more interesting is this sidebar, headlined “No, Facebook Has Not Already Peaked.” Nut graf: There’s a technology called OAuth. When you go to Spotify, or comment on … Continue reading →

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Obama $25 Million Ad Campaign Says Let’s “Go”

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Barack Obama’s reelection campaign just launched this ad (with a knee-buckling $25 million media buy) in nine swing states – Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Transcript: “Some said our best days were behind us. … Continue reading →

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Dr. Ads Does The Cher-ing Thing

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

  Originally posted on the Newer! Improveder! Sneak ADtack!

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Jake Tapper And David Axelrod Are Full Of It

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

On ABC’s This Week yesterday, Jake Tapper asked Barack Obama’s consigliere David Axelrod if voters are less enthusiastic about Obama this time around. Via Mediaite (with video): Tapper brought up a recent event Obama held where the 18,000 seat arena was … Continue reading →

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The T Is Like Somebody’s Hobby

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Missus and I decided to trundle down to the South End Open Studios yesterday, so we went to the Green Line’s Brookline Village station about 1:30 to catch an inbound trolley. And we waited. And waited. And waited until … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin (MISTIA Edition)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

How do you run against a president who’s personally popular, even if his policies aren’t? MISTIA – More in Sorrow Than in Anger. From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Anti-Obama Ads Take Elegiac Tone Conservatives, Wary of President’s Popularity, Try … Continue reading →

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WSJ’s Caro Di Tutti Cari Interview

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Excellent Robert Caro interview in the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Robert Caro: Political Power—How to Get It and Use It Asked to define “political power”—the motif of his multivolume biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson—historian Robert Caro falls silent. “I don’t … Continue reading →

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A Romney Surrogate Who Actually Delivers

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From Tagg Romney’s Twitter feed (tip o’ the pixel to Politico Playbook):       A surrogate? Is that kosher (or whatever they call it) for Mormons? Via Politico: Tagg Romney, Mitt and Ann Romney’s oldest son, announced the birth … Continue reading →

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Scott Brown Shot One-For-Five? Hey – So Did Barack Obama!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Globe’s Glen Johnson had this scoop on the celebrated half-court basketball swish by Sen. Scott Brown (R-It’s Not Girly To Shoot Underhand): Brown’s ‘amazing’ basket came after four missed shots Sinking a half-court shot is the latest testament … Continue reading →

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Necrofilmia: The Michael Jackson Edition

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Back in 1991, it was Paula Abdul dancing in a Diet Coke commercial with the long-gone Cary Grant, Groucho Marx, and Gene Kelly:   Now it’s Pepsi resurrecting Michael Jackson, the Wall Street Journal reports: Pepsi Brings Back the King … Continue reading →

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