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Starbuckshot

Seems the pistol-packin’ set has invaded your local Starbucks (via the Wall Street Journal): Starbucks Corp. and some other chain stores in the U.S. are finding themselves caught in the middle of a firearms debate, as gun-control advocates go up … Continue reading

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New York’s Goobernatorial Follies

Most states are content to flame-broil one governor at a time (see: Rod Blagojevich, the Prairie State and James McGreevey, the Garden State). Not the Empire State. New York has two on the barbie: Current Gov. David Paterson (D-Yankee Stadium) … Continue reading

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Editors’ Note o’ the Day™

From Thursday’s New York Times: Editors’ Note A commentary published on Feb. 7, 2008, in the Arts section discussed the impact of the recently deceased Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Beatles and their music. The article mentioned in passing Alexis … Continue reading

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Magazine Mazel Tov!

Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, we welcome any new print publication, regressive as that might seem. So the hardworking staff was all a-Twitter when the premiere edition of the Jewish Review of Books tumbled out of … Continue reading

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Kausfiles Candidate Papers

This could be a hoot: Mickey Kaus Takes Out Papers For U.S. Senate Run Pioneering political blogger Mickey Kaus took out papers filed to run for U.S. Senate in California, he told LA Weekly. The Venice resident said he’ll run this … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The Game Changers

So the hardworking staff trundled over to the International House of Politics Tuesday evening and here’s what we found: The Shorenstein Center’s “Discussion with John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, authors of Game Change.” (Video not available at post time.) Heilmann (D-New York),  Halperin … Continue reading

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Mitchmania

Monday’s New York Times featured an op-ed mash note to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels from mostly Web-ed columnist Ross Douthat. Headline: A Republican Surprise Pull quote: Murmurings about Mitch Daniels for 2012 That would be murmurings about a presidential run by … Continue reading

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Campaign Outsider Cliché Patrol©

It’s sad when a nation loses its verbal heritage. As the hardworking staff wrote in a radio commentary awhile back: Amazing to tell, America may go down in history as the first civilization ever to forget its own clichés. It’s … Continue reading

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Boston Vaults Into The Past

As the Sunday Boston Globe reported, 14 local machers have joined forces to create a modern-day version of Boston’s vaunted Vault, a power-player business organization that flexed its corporate muscle in the ’50s and ’60s. Formally known as the Coordinating … Continue reading

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U.S. Politics = Bizarro World

Everything you need to know about the state of political discourse nowadays is contained in these two opinion pieces about Barack Obama’s Excellent Healthcare Summit: Piece #1: Joe Klein’s post on Time’s Swampland blog: Shame on me. I was elsewhere … Continue reading

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