Tag Archives: GOP

Enough with the GOP ‘Sophie’s Choice’ Nonsense

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Seriously? Plug “GOP Sophie’s Choice” into the Googletron and you get this. Representative sample from the Boston Herald: Latest Donald Trump win creates a GOP ‘Sophie’s Choice’ Donald Trump’s stirring primary victories in South Carolina and New Hampshire are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, Donald Trump, Googletron, GOP, Hobson's Choice, Patrick Griffin, Sophie's Choice, William Styron | 1 Comment

Ads ‘n’ Ends From the Campaign Trail

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Itemizing some deductions from the 2016 presidential race. Item: Local TV Stations Love All White House Wannabes Nobody profits from a presidential race more than the broadcast and cable outlets in the early primary states. From Bloomberg Politics: Local TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg Politics, Buzzfeed, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, BuzzFeed Politics, Campaign Media Analysis Group, CMAG, Dale Woods, Des Moines, Dustup 2016, enail Clinton, FCC, Friskies cat food native ads, GOP, Hillary Clinton emails, Iowa, Jeb Buh, Kantar Media, native video ads, New Hampshire, Pandora, Rena Shapiro, Republican National Committee, Right to Rise, RNC, the art of the pussyble, Washington Times, WHO-TV | 1 Comment

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The Starbucks Shutdown Ad?

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I was enjoying a latte at the Coolidge Corner Starbucks and reading the New York Times yesterday when I came across this ad: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ask Dr. Ads, Associated Press, Boston Globe, Coolidge Corner, Daniel Gross, GOP, government shutdown, Howard Schultz, New York Times, Starbucks, The Daily Beast | Leave a comment

Dead Blogging The #SOTU

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Call it Barack Obama’s State of the Younion. “You” being the GOP. There were more bucks passed last night inside the House chamber than at a three-card monte game in Times Square. (If you chose “get it done” for your … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, GOP, New York Times, NPR, SOTU, State of the Union, Younion | 1 Comment

WSJ Says GOP All Wee-Wee’d Up

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Wall Street Journal editorial page, which routinely serves up more red meat than an Iowa slaughterhouse, featured this in Wednesday’s edition: The Bedwetter Caucus That didn’t take long. Much as we predicted last week, the Republican Party’s Bedwetter Caucus … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged GOP, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, pee you, The Bedwetter Caucus, Wee Weed Up, WSJ. | 1 Comment

Why Did The GOP Lie When The Truth Was Apparently Worse?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The other day the hardworking staff noted that the Republican National Committee had, according to Bloomberg News, “altered the audio of U.S. Supreme Court (1000L) oral arguments in an attack on President Barack Obama’s health-care law.” In a web ad circulated this week, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg News, Cinnamon Challenge, Donald Verrilli, GOP, Obamacare Tough Sell, Peter Sagal, RNC, Solicitor General, Supreme Court, Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me | 3 Comments

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

The Daily Caller Sells Out Its Readers – Again

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

This is the second time in two weeks the Daily Caller has pimped out its email list to a GOP presidential candidate. First it was Herman Cain telling the hardworking staff he was getting high-tech-lynched by the left-wing media. Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged email list, GOP, Herman Cain, inevitable nominee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, The Daily Caller | 1 Comment

Boston Globe Draws GOP Fire Over Brown/Warren Headlines

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Barack Obama often talks about the silly season in politics. Now, welcome to the sensitive season. From Ben Smith’s media blog on Politico: Let the Globe grumbles begin A Republican official sends over two recent headlines from the Boston Globe … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Destroying The American Dream Edition)

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Democracy for America, the advocacy group ginned up by Howard Dean (your scream goes here), has purchased airtime on this Sunday’s squawk shows for an ad that, according to AlterNet, “takes the GOP to task for its inability to create … Continue reading →

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