Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

Gail Collins Off Book Leave; Seamus Sweepstakes™ Back On

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has chronicled, it was just our luck that New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins went on book leave just when we had launched the Seamus Sweepstakes™, which offered excellent prizes for guessing when she would … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging The GOP Presidential Primary Debate

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Full disclosure: The hardworking staff only saw the first and last half-hours of Wednesday night’s MSNBC Republican presidential primary slapfight, but a little of this crowd goes a long way. So . . . • If you picked “Ronald Reagan” … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Whacks Rick Perry Edition)

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Presidential primary thorn Ron Paul (R-Have I Pricked You Now?) has turned his advertising sights on GOP frontrunner Rick Perry (R-Prick This). Paul’s latest ad (and, credit where credit’s due, he’s the only Republican candidate running a real on-TV – v. … Continue reading →

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Why Mitt Romney’s ‘Clarifications’ Never Help

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Short answer: Because he’s clueless. Exhibit Umpteen, via Tuesday’s Boston Globe: Romney says Calif. home is doubling, not quadrupling Mitt Romney has a clarification for those tweaking him for planning to quadruple the size of his oceanfront home in California. … Continue reading →

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Will Someone Please Remove Bill Keller From His NYT Column?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Like kids and matches or Tom Wolfe and a spaghetti dinner, Bill Keller and a newspaper column should be kept apart at all costs. As the hardworking staff has previously noted, New York Times staffers should have staged an intervention … Continue reading →

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Let The Rick Perry-And-Thrust Begin! (Romney Iowa Edition)

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

On NPR’s All Things Considered Wednesday, host Robert Siegel had this exchange with reporter Don Gonyea: SIEGEL: Don, in his campaign so far, Mitt Romney has really not campaigned against his Republican rivals. He’s kept the focus on campaigning against … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Bookmark Club (pat. pending)

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

With the chin-strokerati furiously, well, chin-stroking nowadays, the hardworking staff thought it would be a public service to keep track of their predictions. So, Bookmark #1: In his latest Boston Herald column, WTKK squawker Michael Graham predicts that Texas Gov. … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Corporations Are People Edition)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The corporate humanization effort by Mitt Romney (R-Power to the Corporation!) just keeps drawing more heat. Via Politico’s Playbook: BREAKING: DNC buys an ad featuring Mitt Romney’s “Corporations are people,” airing this morning and into next week, on broadcast and cable … Continue reading →

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Legally, Corporations ARE People

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney (R-People Person) has been mocked (by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert) and sort of defended (by Media Nation’s Dan Kennedy) for telling a heckler in Iowa that “Corporations are people, my friend.” As Mr. Media Nation wrote: Romney was … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging The GOP Iowa Debate

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Well that was fun, although the hardworking staff firmly believes Lewis Carroll – no relation – would’ve been a better moderator than Fox Newshound Bret Baier (Cheshire Cat smile notwithstanding). Fox News summary and video clips here. Random notes: • Everyone … Continue reading →

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