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Campaign Symbolism 101: Donald Trump’s Emergency Landing
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
Ted Cruz Is Sending Me Mash Notes
The microphone wasn’t even cold after Ted Cruz’s blabbermouth victory speech in Iowa when the following popped up in my email Tuesday night. BREAKING: WE WON! This is only the beginning: I still need your help >>> Friend, I can’t thank you … Continue reading
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Tagged blabbermouth victory speech, Grandpa Munster, Iowa, Ted Cruz
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To Know Trump (All Bagel and No Schmear Edition)
What a difference a Tslump makes. One month ago, GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump was bragging that he didn’t need advertising to fuel his presidential run because “I’m getting so much coverage. It would almost be — you’d OD on … Continue reading
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Tagged @realdonaldtrump, ABC, all bagel and no schmear, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, five-cent Trump, GOP Hair Apparent, Iowa, John Di Domenico, Morning Joe, MSNBC, NBC, New Hampshire, ObamaCare, Politico, Real Clear Politics, Ryan Struyk, South Carolina, The Note, The Trail Tapes, Trump poll numbers, Trump Slump, Trump Stump, Tslump
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Ads ‘n’ Ends From the Campaign Trail
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
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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
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Jeb Bush Super PAC Depicts Jeb Bush As Cipher
From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The Bush-Industrial Complex has finally decided to spend some of its hundred-something millions to kick-start the Frère Apparent’s presidential campaign. From CNN: Jeb Bush super PAC drops $24 million on ads Let the air … Continue reading
When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
. . . well, that’s just sad. The hardnoting staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • From Boston Magazine last July, about the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial race: “[Martha Coakley’s] apparent reversal … Continue reading
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Tagged @MickeyBPowerPop, Allen Craig, Arsenio Hall, Bill Clinton, Boston Bruins, Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Brian Krause, CNN, Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Nava, David Desharnais, Doug Band, First Read, International Cherry-Pit Spitting Contest, Iowa, Jeremy Roenick, John Kerry, Johnny Carson, mangled phrases, Martha Coakley, Mexican immigrants, Montreal Canadiens, MSNBC, New Republic, NPR, Quebec, Red Sox, Rep. Steve King, SCOTUS, Secretary of State, St. Louis Cardinals, Stanley Cup, stare decisis, Wall Street Journal, Will Middlebrooks
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Let the $2.6 Billion* Rumpus Begin! (Kids Klub Edition)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the quality of any TV spot is in inverse proportion to the number of the advertiser’s children/grandchildren appearing in it. Regardless, today’s Politico Morning Score noted two campaign commercials featuring the candidate’s kids. Start … Continue reading
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Tagged Georgia GOP, GOP Senate primary, Here's the Plan, Iowa, Jack Kingston, Larry Sabato, Mark Jacobs, Morning Score, Politico, Tom Harkin, Tupperware
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Brown Is The New Block(head)
Of all the nudnik 2016 presidential wannabes (Peter King! Martin O’Malley! Come on down!), Scott Brown (R-Fox News) ranks among the most delusional. But you’d never know that from reading the Boston Herald. Today’s Page One: Inside, the feisty local tabloid … Continue reading
When Did Gail Huff Change Her Name?
Are we experiencing a Hillary Rodham – uh, make that Clinton – moment here in Massachusetts? From the redoubtable David Bernstein’s Boston Magazine blog: No politicians—no politician—goes to Iowa by accident. Former US Senator Scott Brown is not just going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston magazine, David Bernstein, Des Moines Register, Gail Brown, Gail Huff, Iowa, Scott Brown, State Fair
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