Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin (MISTIA Edition)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

How do you run against a president who’s personally popular, even if his policies aren’t? MISTIA – More in Sorrow Than in Anger. From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: Anti-Obama Ads Take Elegiac Tone Conservatives, Wary of President’s Popularity, Try … Continue reading →

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Scott Brown Shot One-For-Five? Hey – So Did Barack Obama!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Globe’s Glen Johnson had this scoop on the celebrated half-court basketball swish by Sen. Scott Brown (R-It’s Not Girly To Shoot Underhand): Brown’s ‘amazing’ basket came after four missed shots Sinking a half-court shot is the latest testament … Continue reading →

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Scott Brown (Hearts) Barack Obama

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Sen. Scott Brown (R-It’s Not Girly to Shoot Underhand) has a new Radio Report that grabs onto Barack Obama like a liferaft. From MSNBC’s First Read: Scott Brown cites pride in ‘standing with President Obama’ in ad Massachusetts Sen. Scott … Continue reading →

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Peggy Noodnik Writes Again (Romney Pom-Pom Edition)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

It’s well known that Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan lives in a parallel universe, but this week’s submission is especially Bizarro World. Representative sample: There is every reason to be deeply skeptical of President Obama’s prospects in November. Republicans … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ads ‘n’ Ends Edition)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

More grist for the campaign mill: • The pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action has teamed up with the goo-goo League of Conservation Voters to launch a $1 million ad campaign “aimed at calling out ‘Governor Romney’s pledge to protect … 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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Political Ads: Coming Soon To A Public Broadcasting Station Near You

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

A California federal appeals court has essentially endorsed political ads on public broadcast stations. Via the New York Times Media Decoder blog: Ruling Clears Way for Political Ads on Public Stations Reversing a decades-old rule, a federal appeals court said … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama (Hearts) @AnnDRomney

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

At post time, Ann Romney absolutely owns the Drudge Report above the fold. Earlier, though, Barak Obama owned @AnnDRomney – or rented it, anyway. When you plugged that Twitter handle into the search box,  you got this: Welcome to the … Continue reading →

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Two Different Worlds (Chevy Volt Edition)

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

(First in a series of posts detailing the separate universes the liberal media and the conservative media inhabit.) From Joe Nocera’s latest New York Times column about the “conservative propaganda machine” mocking the Chevy Volt hybrid (“containing both a 400-pound battery … Continue reading →

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