Tag Archives: CNN

Political Animals (Real World Edition)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

On the debut night of The Hillary Chronicles (dba USA’s Political Animals), this was the homepage of the Drudge Report: To recap (upper left): From Reuters: Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes From Yahoo! News: ‘Monica, Monica’ chants taunt Clinton … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CNN, Drudge Report, Egyptians, Hillary Clinton, Political Animals, Reuters, shoes, The Hillary Chronicles, The Missus, tomatoes, two Mehs, USA, Yahoo! News | 2 Comments

Quote o’ the Day (Strain To Explain Bain Edition)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday the Romney campaign unveiled yet another concept with a capital K in trying to counter the Obama campaign’s Swift-Yachting of the former Massachusetts governor. Romney campaign gunsel Ed Gillespie actually said this to CNN’s Candy Crowley (via Mediaite): “Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bain Capital, Candy Crowley, CNN, Mitt Romney, retired retroactively, self-deporting | 2 Comments

When A Nation Forgets Its Own Idioms . . .

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

. . . it looks sort of idiotic. The hardworking staff can’t help but notice that what once were familiar American phrases have become, well, unfamiliar. Some recent examples: • Democratic strategist on CNN describing Mitt Romney’s Latino problem thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CNN, Ed Shultz, Elgin Marbles, forget our idioms, French Open, mangled phrases, MBTA, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Nicolas Sarkozy, NPR, PBS NewsHour, Rick Perry, The Ride | 11 Comments

Keeping Anderson Cooper Honest

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

CNN’s Anderson Cooper has a regular feature on AC360 called Keeping Them Honest, with topics ranging from Syrian refugee camps to JPMorgan’s $2 billion loss to last night’s segment on campaign money from private equity. For which Cooper needs to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anderson Cooper, Ari Fleischer, Bain ad, Barack Obama, CNN, Cornell Belcher, JPMorgan, Keeping Them Honest, Mitt Romney, Syrian refugee camps | 1 Comment

RNC’s “War on Women” Counterattack

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Last week MoveOn.org began running a paid TV spot accusing the GOP of waging a war on women: This week the Republican National Committee launched a counterattack in the form of an unpaid Web video: CNN anchor Erin … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CNN, Erin Burnett, Glenn Beck, GOP, MoveOn, RNC, The Blaze, war on women | Leave a comment

Barack Obama’s Super PACcadillo

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Having flip-flopped on his renunciation of corporate-backed Super PACs and the big money they bring to elections, now the Obama campaign appears to be engaged in a little bait-and-switch as well. From Politico Playbook: GAME CHANGE — Blog post by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 501(c)(4), Barack Obama, CNN, Jim Messina, Obamanauts, Politico Playbook, Priorities USA, Priorities USA Action, super-PAC | 1 Comment

For Romney, NBC = New Broadcaster Complaints

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday, it was NBC complaining that the Romney campaign had ripped off footage from the network’s newscast. Now, add ABC, CBS, and CNN to the list of rippees, according to TV Newser: Several networks have asked the Mitt Romney campaign to stop … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Anderson Cooper, Carole Simpson, CBS, CNN, Jan Crawford, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Tom Brokaw | 1 Comment

Dead Blogging The GOP’s Umpteenth Presidential Primary Debate

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff only caught bits and pieces of last night’s CNN Republican presidential bakeoff in South Carolina so . . . only bits and pieces: • Between the candidate intros and the singing of the national anthem, CNN completed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CNN, John King, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Southern Republican Debate, Stop It! | 4 Comments

Dead Blogging The New Hampshire Primary Results

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Question, comments, bitter recriminations from 35,000 feet up (the hardworking staff fled to South Carolina early, remember?): • Who was that screaming meemie at Mitt Romney’s victory speech? • James Carville is a moron (for insisting on CNN that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CNN, James Carville, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Newt Gingrich, palmetto.Steve Schmidt | 5 Comments

‘Anderson’ Jumps The Shark – On Day Two

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Earlier this week, the New York Times ran a piece that questioned whether Anderson Cooper’s new daytime show “Anderson” might diminish the CNN anchor’s journalistic credibility: Some traditionalists may see a risk for Mr. Cooper’s news reputation in diverting himself … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Anderson", Anderson Cooper, CNN, jump the shark, Mediaite, New York Times, NPR, Snooki, the Fonz, Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me | Leave a comment