Tag Archives: Larry Sabato

Let the $2.6 Billion* Rumpus Begin! (Kids Klub Edition)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Georgia GOP, GOP Senate primary, Here's the Plan, Iowa, Jack Kingston, Larry Sabato, Mark Jacobs, Morning Score, Politico, Tom Harkin, Tupperware | 2 Comments

Quote o’ the Day (Paul Ryan Edition)

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Now that GOP Great White Hope Mitt Romney has tapped Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Hey, Privatize This), lots of folks are bookmarking Ryan (!) Lizza’s recent New Yorker profile of the Ayn Rand acolyte. But it’s also worth taking a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ayn Rand, Crystal Ball, Larry Sabato, Mitt Romney, New Yorker, Paul Ryan, privitize, Ryan Lizza, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment

It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Slow-Roasting Warren Edition)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Herald just will not take U.S. Senate wannabe Elizabeth Warren (D-I Ate At An Indian Restaurant Once) off the front burner (to Mixmaster my cooking metaphors). Today’s front page (via the Newseum): Recipe for disaster (or at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, Howie Carr, Larry Sabato, Newseum, Pow Wow Chow | 7 Comments

Super (Val) PAC: Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Third-party political groups are all the rage these days, thanks to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision deregulating corporate election expenditures. Bottom line: Newly constituted Super PACs can collect as much money as they want from whomever they want … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC's The Note, ATC, Citizens United, Larry Sabato, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, NPR, Poynter, Restore Our Future, Romney "The Search", Saved, Super PACs, TechPresident, The Tennessean | Leave a comment

Rick Perry, R.I.P.

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has three things to say about presidential hopeless Rick Perry (R-I Coulda Been a Contender): 1) Perry’s brain-freeze moment in the Michigan GOP debate will live forever in political memory. 2) Via the ubiquitous Larry Sabato: 3) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brain-freeze moment, Larry Sabato, Michigan GOP debate, Rick Perry | 1 Comment

Cainicide? Larry Sabato Says ‘Not So Fast’

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

While everyone else writes off Grand Old Partier Hormone Cain (R-My Place Or Mine?), Mr. Crystal Ball Larry Sabato reminds us of this in a Rasmussen Report commentary: The lesson of history is clear, as our quick-take chart shows: From 1976 to 2008, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cainiacs, Crystal Ball, Grand Old Partier, Hormone Cain, Iowa Caucuses, Larry Sabato, New Hampshire primary, Rasmussen Reports | Leave a comment