Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (Mitt Romney Third Lying Welfare Ad Edition)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Via Politico’s Playbook: This is the Romney campaign’s third TV spot claiming Barack Obama removed the work from workfare, which every fact-check site has labeled untrue. To be sure, the Obama campaign is doing its fair share of lying … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Wall Street Journal, welfare, workfare | 1 Comment

Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (You’re A Liar! No, YOU’RE A Liar! Edition)

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Here’s what the 2012 presidential race has come down to: One campaign releases a lying ad (Exhibit A); the other campaign releases a lying response to the lying ad (Exhibit B). From Politico’s Morning Score: ROMNEY RERELEASES “AMERICA DESERVES BETTER”: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America Deserves Better, Bain, Barack Obama, cancer attack, hardworking staff, Mitt Romney, Morning Score, Politico, Priorities USA Action, welfare reform | Leave a comment

Campaign Outsider Presidential Emailbag (Paul Ryan Edition)

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From Ann Romney (R-Rafalca): Friends, What an exciting day! Mitt and I are so thrilled to have Paul Ryan and his wonderful family join America’s Comeback Team. I hope you will display your support for the Romney-Ryan ticket … Continue reading →

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Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (Week In Review Edition)

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Once around the presidential park, James, and don’t spare the horses: • Another Heat-Seeking Mittsile Launched From Chicago From Business Insider: New Obama Campaign Ad Ties Mitt Romney To Notorious Tax Shelter Scandal President Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign released a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC The Note, Barack Obama, Business Insider, CNN, Marriott International, Mitt Romney, MoveOn.org, Romney felon, Romney pickpocket, Son of Boss, war on women | 1 Comment

Brits On Mitt

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Economist currently features a look “inside” Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, in which to all appearances the (traditionally nameless) reporter got entirely co-opted by the Romneyites. Exhibit A, in which The Economist writes off Romney’s subterranean favo(u)rability numbers: [T]he advantage that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ad spending, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, NBC First Read, Politico, The Economist, undecided voters | 1 Comment

Quote o’ the Day (“Even President Clinton” Edition)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

This is priceless. From ABC’s The Note: MUM’S THE WORD FROM TEAM OBAMA: “We have nothing — no involvement with any ads that are done by Priorities USA. We don’t have any knowledge of the story of the family,” Obama campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Barack Obama, Bubba, Jen Psaki, Mitt Romney, President Clinton, Priorities USA, The Note, welfare reform ad | 2 Comments

Presidential Candidate Emailbag

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From the Romney campaign: Enter today for your chance to… From the Obama campaign: Friend — I’m so jealous of you that I can barely write the rest of this email. Imagine shooting hoops with Carmelo Anthony, Patrick … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Carmelo Anthony, email, Mitt Romney, Patrick Ewing, Rob Portman, Tim Pawlenty | 4 Comments

Rupert Murdoch Is Smokin’!

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

. . . something. The head of News Corpse has been speedtweeting during the past hour or so: And, perhaps more interestingly, this: Said New York Times editorial, which offers this counterargument to charges like Murdoch’s: Some business leaders say that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #speciestocompare, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, New York Times, News Corp(se), Rupert Murdoch, speedtweeting, Twitter | 5 Comments

Obama For America – Except In Campaign Ad’s Music

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

During the London Olympics opening ceremony, NBC’s myriad viewers saw this spot for Barack Obama’s reelection campaign: Transcript: We’re a nation of workers and doers and dreamers. We work hard for what we get. And all we ask for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, I Believe, London Olympics, opening ceremonies, Paige Impink, Streets Have No Name, U2 | 2 Comments

An Appdate On Mitt Romney’s VP Announcement App

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday the hardworking staff noted that the Romney campaign had introduced an app “that will allow users to sign up to be the first to learn the identity of Mitt’s #2.” At the same time, the Obama campaign introduced a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Buzzfeed, iTunes, Mitt Romney, Mitt's VP app, Politico's Morning Score, top free apps, VP announcement, whistling past the app-yard | 1 Comment