Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Tearing the Sheets in Dodgertown

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Boston nightmare couple Frank and Jamie McCourt – the Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston of professional sports – are engaged in a truly ugly divorce, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the abused offspring. Frank (known in the Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Kerry On

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Nice piece in Wednesday’s New York Times about the political rebirth of Massachusetts’ finally senior Sen. John Kerry (D-Afghanistan). [A]t 65, after a humbling spiral — from almost-president to Democratic scapegoat to campaign pariah (2006) to wannabe secretary of state … Continue reading →

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Steve Pagliuca Won’t Stop Calling My House

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Seriously, I’m about to request a TRO – telephone restraining order – against Massachusetts Senate hopeful and Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca (D-$400 Million). Pags (as he urges the Celtics players to call him) has been robo-calling me and the … Continue reading →

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Ad o’ the Day (pat(hetic) pending)

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Massachusetts U.S. Senate hopeful Alan Khazei (D-Rhymes with Crazy) has just released a TV spot that’s the most ill-advised commercial since Christy Mihos’s butt-headed ad in the 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial race. Khazei’s current spot features two babies – a boy … Continue reading →

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Steve Pagliuca Is Still Calling My House

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Despite our attempts to discourage Steve Pagliuca from junk dialing us for votes, the Missus and I keep getting robo-calls from the U.S. Senate hopeful (D-ATM). All the while, Pags (as he’d like us to call him) is piling up … Continue reading →

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Ouch!

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

From Sunday’s New York Times piece about “Street Court,” a syndicated program hosted by one Michael Mazzariello that adjudicates small-claims cases en plein air: “Street Court” is the latest in a long line of court shows that dredge the in-boxes … Continue reading →

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Steve Pagliuca Keeps Calling My House

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

So the Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election is a layup for Attorney General Martha Coakley according to Sunday’s Boston Globe poll. Coakley gets the support of 43 percent of respondents when asked who they would vote for if the primary … Continue reading →

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The Robinson Rapport

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

The best sideshow in town right now is Jack E. Robinson’s U.S. Senate windmill-tilting in the special GOP primary for Ted Kennedy’s seat. Improbably, Robinson has gotten props in the Sunday Boston Globe’s op-ed pages and on WBUR’s Radio Boston. … Continue reading →

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Ad o’ the Day®

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Headline on a New York Times full-page advertisement for Barneys: Have a Witty Holiday! Quotes in the ad: “Brevity Is The Soul Of Lingerie” – Dorothy Parker “The Only Way To Get Rid Of Temptation Is To Yield To It” … Continue reading →

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Two Flags Over Martha Coakley

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

As Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley continues her Joyless Pursuit of a U.S. Senate Seat, the lack-of-personality profiles just keep piling up. Latest entry: Adrian Walker’s Boston Globe Metro column headlined “A charisma shortage.” It describes Coakley as stiff, mechanical, … Continue reading →

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