Tag Archives: ABC News

Editors’ Note o’ the Day (Ryan Holiday Victory Edition)

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From yesterday’s New York Times: Editors’ Note An article on April 19 about how to buy a record turntable quoted Ryan Holiday of New Orleans The reporter reached Mr. Holiday through a Web site that connects reporters to sources on … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Everyone In The Pool Edition)

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

It’s an embarrassment of – not pandas – but TV spots in the presidential bakeoff betwen Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Call the roll (via ABC’s The Note): OBAMA ADS: ROMNEY’S OUTSOURCING, FEE HIKES. From ABC’s Devin Dwyer: President Obama’s campaign … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama Sent The Hardworking Staff A Note About Gay Marriage

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

This is one hardworking Prez! First, thanks to Joe Biden’s premature ejaculation, Barack Obama pretzeled on his gay-marriage stance in this ABC News interview:   (See BuzzFeed’s helpful Obama gay marriage timeline here.) Then, Pres. Obama also made time to … Continue reading →

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How Do You Like Your Online Privacy: Regular Or Extra-CISPA?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The U.S. House of Representatives has just tried to take a bite out of your online privacy (via ABC News): CISPA: Cybersecurity Bill May Pit Online Safety Against Privacy While all the focus was on SOPA and PIPA, the so-called Internet piracy … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Warren & Bob McDonnell Are An Item

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Once around the (voting) bloc, James, and don’t spare the horses. Item: Elizabeth Warren Isn’t Kidding (Ever) New spot from presumptive (but not taking anything for granted) Democratic Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren (D-Pledge Edge?). Transcript: I grew up in a … Continue reading →

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Hey – Does This Violate the People’s Pledge? (III)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

(Another in a series) From Politico’s Morning Score: MASSACHUSETTS SENATE SNEAK PEEK – “ROMNEY + BROWN = BFF”: The Massachusetts Democratic Party will blast out a 60-second web video later this morning that links Romney with Sen. Scott Brown (lots of … Continue reading →

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Etch A Stretch

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney can’t stand the gaff(e). Fred Barnes highlighted the problem in a recent Weekly Standard column: Gaffing His Way to Victory Mitt Romney is leading the league in gaffes. We know this because the media are counting. The Weeklists his … Continue reading →

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Jay Carney (Barker) Flacks For White House

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

As part of the Obama Media Machine 2.0, the White House has reinstated its First Questions program (according to techPresident), “during which Press Secretary Jay Carney will answer on [sic] video questions posted on social media.” Representative sample:   The … Continue reading →

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From Our Stating The Obvious Desk

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd filed this insight in his weekly contribution to the conventional wisdom beat: After watching Fight Night in Vegas, or this week’s Republican debate, which heated up considerably, I was struck again by a truth … Continue reading →

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Quote o’ the Day (Sarah Palin Edition)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

( . . . at least for now, although it will be tough to top this one.) The hardworking staff realizes that this is a very long QotD, but really, it’s worth it. From ABC News’s The Note: WHAT ABOUT … Continue reading →

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