Tag Archives: chin-strokerati

New York Times (Hearts) Scott Brown, Buzzfeed (Hearts) Elizabeth Warren

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Massachusetts Senate race is front-and-center among the political chin-strokerati. New York Times Scott Brown mash note: Hailed as a Republican hero in 2010 when he snared the Senate seat held for decades by Edward M. Kennedy, Mr. Brown has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Buzzfeed, chin-strokerati, Elizabeth Warren, New York Times, Scott Brown | 4 Comments

This Is What’s Wrong With The News Media’s Political Coverage (II)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Enough with the “familiar” references to U.S. Senate wannabe Elizabeth Warren’s life story! Two months ago (as the hardworking staff duly noted) it was a Boston Globe report that included this: In an hourlong interview, [Warren] spoke often of the now-familiar story … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, chin-strokerati, Elizabeth Warren, New York Times, Scott Brown, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

This Is What’s Wrong With The News Media’s Political Coverage

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Wednesday’s Boston Globe big wet kiss to only-Doug-Rubin-knows-for-sure U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren: In an hourlong interview, she spoke often of the now-familiar story of her humble roots in Oklahoma. Her parents struggled financially, almost losing their home after … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged big wet kiss, Boston Globe, Brian McGrory, chin-strokerati, Elizabeth Warren, Emily Litella Exception, only-Doug-Rubin-knows-for-sure, politerati, Special Elizabeth Warren Edition | 1 Comment

Campaign Outsider Bookmark Club (pat. pending)

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

With the chin-strokerati furiously, well, chin-stroking nowadays, the hardworking staff thought it would be a public service to keep track of their predictions. So, Bookmark #1: In his latest Boston Herald column, WTKK squawker Michael Graham predicts that Texas Gov. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, chin-strokerati, Michael Graham, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, RomneyCare, WTKK | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging ‘Osama Bin Laden Is Dead’

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

After the hardworking staff (and the Missus) watched Sunday night’s episode of AMC’s excellent series The Killing, we switched over to the 11 O’Clock News only to find this: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. So, in the interest of keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Barack Obama, Bret Baier, Brian Williams, chin-strokerati, CNN, David Gregory, DNA, Donald Trump, Ed Henry, Fox News, Geraldo Rivera, Greta van Sustern, Ground Zero, Martha Raddatz, NBC, Osama Bin Laden Is Dead | 1 Comment

NYT Tries To Ad To Digital Subscriptions

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

First the New York Times launched a pay wall. Then it launched an ad campaign. Via WWD (via the Missus): The Times is running a series of three posters on Metro North, Long Island Railroad, in taxis and on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ad campaign, chin-strokerati, digital subscriptions, New York Times, pay wall, TV spots, WWD | 3 Comments

Dead Blogging The State Of The Union Address

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Barack Obama was at his posing-for-a-bust-of-himself best in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, and GOP Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Roadmap) delivered an appropriately tight-lipped response, which included this statement: Washington should not be in the business of picking winners … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chin-strokerati, Clip 'n' Save SOTU Scorecard, ObamaWorld, RyanWorld, State of the Union | 3 Comments

The Tragedy After Tucson

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff hasn’t read everything in the wake of the Arizona shootings that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head, but we’ve seen enough media coverage to form a few conclusions. 1) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chin-strokerati, Gabrielle Giffords, Gail Collins, Glenn Reynolds, New York Times, Tocquevillean, Wall Street Journal | 15 Comments

Ads ‘n’ Ends (NYT Edition)

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Three from Tuesday’s New York Times: Item: Haley Barbour’s Close Shave? A Weekly Standard profile of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Reconstruction) has the former GOP lobbyist and forever good ol’ boy scrambling to salvage his presidential prospects. Times piece: Discussing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, chin-strokerati, Haley Barbour, James Dao, MTA, New York Times, Poetry in Motion, Train of Thought, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment

BaRorschach Obama

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Could someone please tell me who ate whose lunch on this week’s tax cut deal – the White House or the GOP? ‘Cause you can’t tell by looking at the chin-strokerati. Left-listing Eric Alterman wrote this in The Daily Beast: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charles Krauthammer, chin-strokerati, Dwindle of the Century, Eric Alterman, Swindle of the Century, tax cut deal | Leave a comment