Tag Archives: Louisiana

Our Rick Perry Anti-Redemption Edition

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might – or more likely might not – remember, the hardworking staff recently noted The Weekly Standard’s rehab job on lame duck Gov. Rick Perry (R-Oops), who once again has presidential ambitions. (Far more convincing – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Davidson, Baton Rouge, Comeback Kid, Cryin' John Boehner, David Duke, deportation, Earl Long, Edwin Edwards, Fred Barnes, Huey Long, immigration hearings, Jennifer Rubin, Kingfish, KKK, Louisiana, Matt Labash, Pres. Obama, Rick Perry, Russell B. Long, Ted Cruz (Control), The New Yorker, The Weekly Standard, Washington Post | 2 Comments

The Weekly Standard, Redemption Issue (Rick Perry/Edwin Edwards Edition)

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Comeback Party desk Last week’s issue of The Weekly Standard featured a pair of Act Two political characters – one failed, one jailed – auditioning for the 2014 Comeback Kid designation. Start with Fred Barnes’s take on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baton Rouge, Comeback Kid, David Duke, Earl Long, Edwin Edwards, Fred Barnes, Huey Long, Jennifer Rubin, Kingfish, KKK, Louisiana, Matt Labash, Rick Perry, Russell B. Long, The Weekly Standard, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ Edition)

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal features another winner in its Masterpiece series examining major works of art. The latest installment (by Danny Heitman, a columnist for the Advocate newspaper in Louisiana): The Big Easy Slacker’s Manual As another commencement season … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, Danny Heitman, Don Quixote, Felix Ungar, Ignatius Reilly, John Kennedy Toole, Louisiana, Masterpiece, New Orleans, Oliver Hardy, Oscar Madison, Pulitzer Prize, the Advocate, Walker Percy, Wall Street Journal | 5 Comments

BP = Better Press/Bitter Pills

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

After years of being a whipping boy for its Deepwater Horizon debacle, British petroleum giant BP is starting to get some love from the news media. Start with this piece in Bloomberg Businessweek headlined Spillapalooza: How BP Got Screwed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg Businessweek, BP, British Petroleum, Danny Abel, Deepwater Horizon, Joe Nocera, Kenneth Feinberg, Louisiana, New Orleans, New York Times, Patrick Juneau, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Spillapalooza | Leave a comment

The Boston Globe’s Matt Viser And The Romney Boys

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has yet to hear from @globemartybaron about Boston Globe reporter Matt Viser’s big wet Romneykiss in this month’s Town & Country, but Politico’s Morning Score has weighed in: THE ROMNEY BOYS get written about by Boston Globe reporter … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @globemartybaron, Boston Globe, Louisiana, Matt Viser, Romney Boys, Romneykiss, Town & Country | 5 Comments

Mitt Romney: The GOP’s Default Nominee

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

It’s clear that Mitt Romney (R-Cheesy Grits His Teeth) will limp to the Republican presidential nomination, but he’s getting a real tune-up in the process, especially in light of his third-place finish in Tuesday’s Alabama and Mississippi primaries. From ABC’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC The Note, Illinois., Louisiana, Mitt Romney, Politico Morning Score, Red White and Blue Fund, Restore Our Future, Rick Santorum | 1 Comment