Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

Our First Quadrennial Hawkie Awards

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff is pleased to announce Campaign Outsider’s Hawkie Awards, a quadrennial exercise in highlighting the most ridiculous aspects of the Iowa caucuses, outside of the fact that they have any impact at all. Regardless, nunc est bibendum: I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Gentle Giant, Google, Hawkie Awards, Iowa, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Newtron, quarter horse, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, The Note, USA Today | 2 Comments

Mitt Romney: 100% Irony Deficient

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From ABC’s The Note yesterday: MITT ROMNEY RALLY GETS OCCUPIED. A dispatch from ABC’s Emily Friedman from Clive, Iowa: For the first time since launching his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney got a visit from Occupy Wall Street protestors during a rally Monday … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 100& irony deficient, ABC, Mitt Romney, self-awareness, The Note | 2 Comments

What Dogs Hear In The GOP Presidential Primary

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Blah blah blah blah Mitt Romney is not good enough blah blah blah blah Mitt Romney is Mr. Good Enough blah blah blah blah Newt Gingrich is dead blah blah blah blah Newt Gingrich is still alive blah blah blah … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gary Larson, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum | 3 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Huntsman’s Destiny Edition)

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Headline on this week’s Peggy Noonan Wall Street Journal column: Gingrich Is Making Romney Better Next week’s headline: Huntsman Is Making Romney Battered That will largely be thanks to Our Destiny, a Super PAC backing GOP presidential afterthought Jon Huntsman … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Newt Gingrich, Our Destiny PAC, Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

NYT Rips The Lid Off Romney’s Gunsels

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Restore Our Future, the pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC that has spent $3 million on TV spots in Iowa during the past three weeks, should really have been named Destroy Newt’s Future. From today’s New York Time Page One feature: Group’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Destroy Newt Gingrich, Iowa, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Restore Our Future, super-PAC | 5 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Soul Man Edition)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

It’s Come-to-Jesus time in the Iowa airwars. New TV spot from Leaders For Families, a pro-Rick Santorum Super PAC: That testimonial from sanctimonious Iowa operator Bob Vander Plaats (R-$1 Million Price Tag) uses the code words “One of Us” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged $1 Million Price Tag, Bob Vander Plaats, Come to Jesus, Iowa airwars, Leaders For Families, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum | 2 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowa Ad-O-Rama Edition)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

And the hit jobs just keep on comin’ in the Hawkeye State’s GOP presidential slapfight. • Rick Perry goes cartoon in his latest Iowa TV spot. Got that? “The fox guarding the henhouse is like asking a Congressman to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fox, I See an America, Iowa, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Newtered, Restore Our Future, Rick Perry, South Carolina | 1 Comment

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowapalooza Edition)

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The TV spots are airing fast and furious in Iowa’s GOP presidential bakeoff. Here’s a handy Des Moines sampler. Let’s start out on a positive note with this Mitt Romney ad: About that “getting rid of programs” part? Romney … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Bird, Iowa GOP presidential bakeoff, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Newt Gingrich, PBS, Ron Paul, Winning Our Future | 3 Comments

Romney Wants To NASCAR Big Bird

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Mediabistro’s FishbowlDC passes along this C-Span video from this afternoon in which Mitt Romney (R-Oscar the Grouch) says that he’d defund PBS if elected president. “We’re not going to kill Big Bird, but Big Bird has to have advertisers,” he said, explaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Bird, C-Span, FishbowlDC, KFC, MediaBistro, Mitt Romney, PBS | 1 Comment

That’s Rich! (GOP 75% Edition)