Tag Archives: Donald Trump

What Can Brown Do for Donald Trump in WMD Rumpus?

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Apparently nothing. After GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump (R-Donald Trump) jumped the snark in his Republican presidential primary debate comments last week about George W. Bush, 9/11, and WMDs, former somebody Scott Brown (R-Scott Brown) – who fashioned himself a New Hampshire kingmaker … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, Donald Trump, Downturn Scotty Brown, George W. Bush, GOP Hair Apparent, Jonathan V. Last, jumped the snark, Scott Brown, The Weekly Standard, Trump vice president, WMDs | 1 Comment

Campaign Symbolism 101: Donald Trump’s Emergency Landing

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

It turns out Donald Trump lost altitude in more than just the Iowa caucuses this week. Exhibit A: Mechanical troubles forced Trump Force One to make an emergency landing in Tennessee on Wednesday. From ABC’s The Note: Donald Trump’s Private … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC's The Note, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, emergency landing, flat tire, GOP Hair Apparent, Iowa, Michael Dukakis, New York Times, North Carolina, Oxford Journal, Public Opinion Quarterly, Super Tuesday, tarmac, Tennessee, Trump Dump, Trump Force One | Leave a comment

The Paranoid Style in American Politics (2016 Edition)

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

In an interview on NBC’s Today show before his final State of the Union address, President Barack Obama talked to Matt Lauer about the Donald Trumpa Lumpa craze (around 3:55). Trump’s a little nuts graf: The message that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obams, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, LBJ, Matt Lauer, NBC Today, Republican Disunity ad 1964, Republican National Convention, Richard Hofstadter, State of the Union, The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Trumpa lumpa | Leave a comment

Welcome to the 2016 Billion-Dollar Digital Adlection

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

If the 2004 presidential campaign was the Internet Election, and the 2008 campaign was the Social Media Election, and the 2012 campaign was the Twitter Election, then the 2016 presidential campaign is the Digital Ad Election. From USA Today: TV, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2015-2016 Political Advertising Outlook, Ad Age, Borrell Associates, David Carr, digital ads, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Felicia Greiff, GDP of Iceland, Here & Now, Howard Dean, Internet Election, Issie Lapowsky, Jeb Bush, New York Times, NPR, Pew Research Center, Robin Young, Social Media Election, The Guardian, TV commercials, Twitter election, USA Today, Wired | Leave a comment

Peggy Noonan’s Strange New Respect for Donald Trump

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From our Peggy Noodnik Writes Again desk Peggy Noonan’s Declarations column in the Weekend Wall Street Journal is, according to Politico’s Mike Allen, “jaw-droppingly Trump-friendly (or at least Trump-respectful).” The GOP Establishment’s Civil War A free-for-all among Christie, Rubio, Cruz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Spectator, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Jack Shafer, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Politico, strange new respect, Ted Cruz, Tom Bethell, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

NY Tabloid Throws Brady Punch

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Despite his concerted efforts to dodge questions about his good buddy Donald Trump, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady gets sacked today by the New York Daily News. Page One (via the Newseum): Ouch. (Story here if you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Donald Trump, New York Daily News, Newseum, Tom Brady | Leave a comment

Trump’s Strong-Arming Jeb Bush Donor Is BULLYs–t

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

As the dustupping staff noted yesterday, Donald Trump mouthpiece Alan Garten sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jeb Bush mega-donor Mike Fernandez threatening legal action if he published this ad calling Trump a BULLYionaire. Regardless, the ad did run … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Garten, Charlie Spies, Daily Mail Online, Des Moines, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, FEC, Goon Squad, GOP establishment, GOP Hair Apparent, Jeb Bush, Koch brothers, Las Vegas, Mediaite, Miami Herald, Mike Fernandez, Politico, Trumpa lumpa, Vox | Leave a comment

Can ‘BULLYionaire’ Donald Trump Bully Jeb Bush Mega-Donor?

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

It’s no secret that the Republican establishment (and their Goon Squad of PACmen) is afraid to attack Donald Trump, in spite of his increasingly hair-brained pronouncements. Except for Mike Fernandez. The drama started to unfold in Politico a few days … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Garten, Daily Mail Online, Des Moines, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Goon Squad, GOP establishment, GOP Hair Apparent, Jeb Bush, Koch brothers, Las Vegas, Mediaite, Miami Herald, Mike Fernandez, Politico, Vox | Leave a comment

GOP Prez Hopefuls in Pickup Truck Race to Bottom

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The terrorist attacks on Paris earlier this month have unleashed a predictable raft of TV spots from Republican presidential candidates trying to out-tough each other on homeland security. The common denominator? Terrorists with rocket launchers in pickup trucks. That image … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Carly for America, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Islamic terrorism, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, New York Times, Nick Corasaniti, Paris terrorist attacks, Right to Rise, the Citadel | Leave a comment

Ads ‘n’ Ends From the GOP Presidential Bakeoff

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

In the interest of full disclosure, we should state right off that the dustupping staff dipped in and out of last night’s Republican Presidential Pillowfight on the Fox Business network, mostly because it was mostly boring. But that certainly won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Action Network, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Elizabeth Warren, Fox Business, Fox News, GOP Hair Apparent, Greenville Online, kids table debate, Lauren Dezenski, Lindsey Graham, Politico Massachusetts Playbook, Republican Presidential Pillowfight, Richard Cordray, Security Is Strength, Sidewire | Leave a comment