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Praising with Faint Damn
U.S. Senate hopeful Alan Khazei (D- Rhymes with Hazy) has been touting his endorsements throughout his campaign (Max Kennedy, we hardly heard ye!), but Khazei’s latest endorsement (via Politico) is his most head-scratching: Caroline Kennedy: Khazei win would be ‘amazing’ … Continue reading
Direct Maul in the Massachusetts Senate Race
The Missus received a 15″ x 12″ mailer from Martha Coakley today, urging her to vote for Coakley for U.S. Senate next Tuesday. The flip side of the mailer featured the headline, “In Massachusetts, we know that results matter . … Continue reading
Dead Blogging the Final (This Week) Mass. Senate Debate
Last night’s Senate slapfight was a chiropractor’s dream: Whiplash all around. One minute Fightin’ Mike Capuano (D-Grimace) is glaring and barking at Scripted Stevie Pagliuca (D-Really! I’m a Regular Guy!). The next he’s saying what good people all his opponents … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Khazei, Martha Coakley, Mike Capuano, officially in amber, Steve Pagliuca
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Dead Blogging Yet Another Massachusetts Senate Debate
Here’s pretty much all you need to know about last night’s Democratic Senate primary slapfight on WCVB: The phrase “treading on dangerous water” was uttered up to several times during the televised debate. Not to get technical about it, but: … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Khazei, Martha Coakley, Mike Capuano, Steve Pagliuca, WCVB
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WSJ Shanks Tiger Woods Coverage
Headline in Monday’s Wall Street Journal: “Woods Speaks Out on Crash, Blaming Himself.” (Ennhh – I’m sorry, that’s wrong. But thanks for playing.) Because here’s the lede of the WSJ piece: Tiger Woods broke his silence about his driving accident … Continue reading
Grand Old Party Poopers?
The (left-leaning) mainstream media would have you believe that the Republican party is engaged in an ideological civil war. So said The Weekly Standard recently in a Scrapbook entry headlined “A Dysfunctional GOP?” Nut graf: A supposed civil war in … Continue reading
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Tagged Dysfunctional GOP, Lindsey Graham, New York Times, Weekly Standard
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Peggy Noonan Gets It Right
Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, the hardworking staff has conducted a love/hate relationship with Wall Street Journal op-ed columnist Peggy Noonan. But Noonan’s piece this weekend is right on target. Headlined “He Can’t Take Another Bow,” … Continue reading
Oh Brother (Blue), Where Wert Thou?
Three-plus weeks after the fact, the New York Times obituarized Boston’s own Brother Blue. Hugh Morgan Hill, who as the storyteller known as Brother Blue captivated passers-by on the streets of Boston and Cambridge, Mass., with his parables, life stories … Continue reading
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Tagged Brother Blue, Martha Coakley, New York Times, Ted Kennedy
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Wire Service Friday
As it happens, Black Friday (amazing how quickly that retailers’ nickname for the day after Thanksgiving – it puts them in the black – became common currency in popular speech) increases not only sales at retail outlets, but wire-service salience … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Reheated dishes from the hardworking staff’s Turkey Day media menu: Item: PETA’s the Party Pooper The animal-rights group PETA had a special recipe for Thanksgiving dinner: An appetite-suppressing TV spot (via AdGabber via BU student Alex N) featuring a little … Continue reading
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