Tag Archives: MSNBC First Read

Just Call Him Mike Hucksterbee

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Former Arkansas governor and current GOP presidential wannabe Mike Huckabee never met a quack product he wasn’t willing to sell (and we’re not even counting his old Fox News panderama). Start with his shilling for a dubious diabetes treatment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Biblical cancer cure, Bloomberg News, Diabetes reversed, Fox News, Mike Hackabee, Mike Hawkabee, Mike Huckabee, Mike Hucksterbee, MSNBC First Read, New York Times, panderama, Patriots4Food, survival food | Leave a comment

‘Scott Brown: Where Am I?’

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The peripatetic Scott Brown (R-Elsewhere) got a little dazed and confused at a New Hampshire GOP fundraiser on Thursday. From Politico (via MSNBC’s First Read): Scott Brown: Where am I? Scott Brown on Thursday night broke a cardinal rule of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Bridge, Downtown Scotty, GOP fundraiser, Live Free or Die Trying, MSNBC First Read, New Hampshire, Politico, R-Elsewhere, Scott Brown | 4 Comments

PBS NewsHour Needs A Subscription To The New Republic

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Last night’s PBS NewsHour featured an interview with former Pres. Bill Clinton about, among other things (like the Missus running for president), the Clinton Global Initiative. From the newscast’s transcript: JUDY WOODRUFF: So the Clinton Global Initiative, this is your ninth … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alec MacGillis, Bill Clinton, Clinton Global Initiative, Doug Brand, Hillary Clinton, Judy Woodruff, MSNBC First Read, PBS NewsHour, The Body Man, The New Republic | 1 Comment

When A Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well, that’s just sad. The hardworking staff has a habit of recording mangled phrases in the press, and here’s our latest batch. • About a week ago, the Boston Globe ran a story about CBS’s decision to stop broadcasting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, APM, Boston Globe, Boston Pops, CBS, CBS This Morning, Cheryl Miller, Chris Christie, Chris Hughes, David Mugar, Eli Manning, Hall of Fane, July 4th fireworks, Legal Sea Foods, Marketplace, Mohamed Morsi, MSNBC First Read, New Hampshire Journal, New Republic, New York Times Magazine, NPR, Peyton Manning, Reggie Miller, Roger Berkowitz, The Note | 8 Comments

Let The Wild South Carolina Rumpus Begin! (Teddy Turner Edition)

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Every now and again, a political race comes along that’s just flat-out fun. Current leader in the clubhouse: The South Carolina congressional GOP primary to fill the seat Tim Scott vacated when he was appointed U.S. Senator by Gov. Nikki … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Appalachian Trail, First Readniks, Mark Sanford, MSNBC First Read, Nikki Haley, South Carolina congressional GOP primary, Ted Turner, Teddy Turner, Tim Scott | Leave a comment

Hillary Clinton And Bar Rafaeli Are An Item

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Hillary Clinton has a post-Foggy Bottom website, per MSNBC’s First Read: “Hillary Clinton has found her post-State Department home on the World Wide Web,” Politico notes. “HillaryClintonOffice.com [see here] is bare-bones so-far, sporting only a picture of the former Secretary of State … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bar Rafaeli, GoDaddy.com, Hillary Clinton, HillaryClintonOffice.com, MSNBC First Read, Super Bowl ad | Leave a comment

Brown/Warren Senate Race: We’re Number Ugliest! (II)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

First, as the hardworking staff duly noted the other day, it was the Daily Beast and MSNBC’s First Read. Now it’s BuzzFeed: The Ugliest Campaign In America A plan to keep it civil has backfired badly in Massachusetts. Scott Brown … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Burton, Buzzfeed, Daily Beast, Elizabeth Warren, Karl Rove, MSNBC First Read, People's Pledge, Scott Brown | 9 Comments

Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (Romney Vapid Response Edition)

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

It’s “September in July,” reports Friday’s Politico Playbook. “SEPTEMBER IN JULY. With CMAG’s Mitchell West: … [T]he volume of presidential advertising feels more like 60 days out … than dead-of-summer July. So we picked a hot market—… Columbus, OH—and took a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, CMAG Weekly File, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Politico Playbook, September in July, September in September | 1 Comment

What’s Mitt Romney’s Problem?

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

As a service to our splendid readers, the hardreading staff checks out a lot of dailypolitical digests, and sometimes the contrasts are just too big to ignore. Case in point: The “Romney Problem” as articulated by MSNBC’s First Read and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC The Note, Global Worldwide Headquarters, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read | 4 Comments

Presidential Jobapalooza! (Mitt Romney “Did So” Edition) [New Series!]

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney’s penurious campaign (it has spent under $5 million dollars on advertising since clinching the Republican presidential nomination vs. umpteen million dollars spent by GOP Super PACs) is actually dropping some coin on a TV spot defending his jobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Massachusetts jobs record, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read | Leave a comment