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NYT: The Life And Death Of A Hockey Enforcer

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff just finished the New York Times’ three-part series, PUNCHED OUT: The Life and Death of a Hockey Enforcer and, man, was it jaw-dropping. The series – which occupied a full dozen pages of the Times over the past … Continue reading →

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Quote o’ the Day (Barney/Newt Edition)

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank (D- Frank You) officially started his farewell tour with a few broadsides aimed at freshly minted GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich (R- Newt You). From Monday’s Boston Globe: “As I look at the Republican debate, I … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowa Air War Edition)

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(Tip o’ the pixel: ABC’s The Note) The Iowa airwaves are stacked up like LaGuardia with ads from the GOP presidential hopefuls. Call the roll: • Ron Paul’s $429,000 Big Dog spot:   Arf. • The pro-Rick Perry Make Us Great … Continue reading →

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There Are Eight Million Stories In The Naked City . . .

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

This is one of them, via Monday’s New York Times Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary: Setting: A yoga room at a gym on Columbus Avenue, with 25 students. Daniella: “I know you!” Me: “Really? I live on the Upper West Side.” Daniella: “Oh, sorry. I live in … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Newt Gingrich Edition)

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Newt Gingrich’s first Iowa TV spot features the on-his-meds Newt (calm, measured, focused) as opposed to the off-the-cuff Newt (popcorn machine of bad ideas). If he can keep the latter out of sight for the next few months, he just … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Barney Frunked Edition)

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Lots of fallout from the retirement announcement of Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank (D-Frank). And an interesting compare-and-contrast in Sunday’s Boston dailies. Start with the Boston Globe’s Political Intelligence column, which detailed the orderly transition of power that reigned in Massachusetts … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Yankees’ Zuck Edition)

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Social network behemoth Facebook is opening its first East Coast office in New York. Not Boston. Which drew radically different coverage in the local dailies. From the Boston Globe’s Business Daily Briefing: NEW YORK – Facebook will open an engineering … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston dailies had very different takes on the latest Occupy Boston rumpus, which involved everything including the kitchen sink. First order of business: defining what actually happened. Boston Herald lede: Extra cops surrounded Occupy Boston yesterday amid growing frustration … Continue reading →

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That’s Just So Mean! (Hillary Clinton Teeth Edition)

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

C’mon, guys – enough with the worst-photograph-available treatment of Hillary Clinton. Exhibit Latest: This Boston Globe’s photo depicting Clinton’s first meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi, “leader of Myanmar’s long-persecuted democracy movement”: She’s the the Secretary of State for heaven’s sake. … Continue reading →

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Herman Cain: The Lie Detectanator

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Talk about throwing good money after bad . . . Herman Cain enabler The 999 Fund has launched a $100,000 ad campaign in Iowa featuring this TV spot (via MediaBistro’s TV Spy):   Aside from the 999 Fund’s inability to … Continue reading →

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