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Dead Blogging The New Hampshire Primary Results

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Question, comments, bitter recriminations from 35,000 feet up (the hardworking staff fled to South Carolina early, remember?): • Who was that screaming meemie at Mitt Romney’s victory speech? • James Carville is a moron (for insisting on CNN that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CNN, James Carville, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Newt Gingrich, palmetto.Steve Schmidt | 5 Comments

A Word About Boston Globe’s ‘The Word’ Column

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Globe The Word columnist Erin McKean (who also writes for the Wall Street Journal) had a typically smart piece this past Sunday: The horror of ungrammatical lyrics Do language errors in popular songs make you shudder? You’re not alone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Erin McKean, Live and Let Die, Paul McCartney, The Word, Wall Street Journal | 5 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Palmetto Preview Edition)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Just as bigfeet Tom Brokaw and Gail Collins did (Politico Playbook: “Hotel rooms … are freeing up [in New Hampshire] as journalists, including NBC’s Tom Brokaw and New York Times columnist Gail Collins, head straight to South Carolina”), the hardworking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged corrupt lobbyist, Mitt Romney, NBC's Tom Brokaw, New Hampshire, New York Times Gail Collins, Newt Gingrich, Palmetto State, Politico Playbook, Restore Our Future, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina, Winning Our Future | 1 Comment

The Great Expectations Game

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The New Hampshire primary is all about the over-under, the percentage that determines whether Mitt Romney has exceeded, met, or failed to meet expectations. The game, of course, is who gets to set those expectations. Here are the early lines … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AP, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC, expectations, Ken Rudin, Michael Barone, Mitt Romney, Nate Silver, New Hampshire, New York Times, NPR, political junkie, Stuart Stevens | 2 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Extreme New Hampshire Edition)

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Once around the New Hampshire airwaves, James, and don’t spare the horses. • Mitt Romney’s American Optimism This is Mitt as good cop, doing the “I See An America” thing. Meanwhile, Romney’s bad cop, the Restore Our Future Super … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged angry little attack muffin, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire Union Leader, Newt Gingrich, Our Destiny PAC, Peggy Noonan, Restore Our Future | 2 Comments

Dead Blogging The GOP New Hampshire Debate

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

(The Hardworking Staff Held iPadlocked, Day 4. No video, no links, no ITALICS. Free the Campaign Outsider One!) Let’s get right to the major results of last night’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire: 1) If you picked “jobs” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Barack Obama, chicken hawk, Chinese, Colbert Report, Debate Rewind, Diane Sawyer, George Stephanopoulos, GOP presidenial debate, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, Newt Gingich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, the new Tom Sawyered | 3 Comments

Arts Seen In The Big Town (II)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Three to see in New York City: * Cecil Beaton: The New York Years at the Museum of the City of New York (through 2/20/12). And while you’re there, check out The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cecil Beaton, Guggenheim Museum, Jewish Museum, Maurizio Cattelan, Museum of the City of New York, New York's Photo League, The Greatest Grid, The Radical Camera | Leave a comment

Arts Seen In The Big Town

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Missus and I went down the city and here’s some of what we saw: * Vivian Maier at the Howard Greenberg Gallery A professional nanny in Chicago, Vivian Maier was also a street photographer nonpareil from the 1950s to … Continue reading →

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Hardworking Staff Held iPadlocked, Day Three