Tag Archives: MSNBC First Read

Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Romney MA Jobs Edition)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Obama campaign continues its sandblasting of Mitt Romney’s jobs record as Massachusetts governor, running this ad in CO, FL, IA, NC, NH, NH, NV, OH, PA, and VA (via MSNBC’s First Read). First Read notes that Romney has taken … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Boston Globe, Massachusetts job growth, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read | 2 Comments

Mitt Romney Desperation Watch (pat. pending)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Three for the road (home): • From MSNBC’s First Read: *** Campaign cash drying up? For Romney, what’s also at stake at next week’s Michigan primary is whether or not his campaign funds begin to dry up. Yesterday, the Romney campaign reported … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC The Note, burn rate, Emily Friedman, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Rick Santorum, robocalls | Leave a comment

It’s Romneyspeak!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney may be a flip-flopper, but his campaign staffers are flip-the-birders. At leaast when it comes to the news media. Exhibit Umpteen appears in ABC’s The Note, which today posted this set of DUELING MEMOS: FROM TEAM OBAMA: . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC The Note, Gingrichites, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Newt Gingrich, Romneynauts, Romneyspeak | 1 Comment

For Romney, NBC = Not Being Co-opted

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

As the GOP presidential primary campaign heats up in Florida, new ad from Mitt Romney (R-No More Mr. Nice Mitt) channels NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw circa 1997. From Politico’s Morning Score: ROMNEY’S NEW AD HIGHLIGHTS GINGRICH’S 1997 ETHICS … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1997 NBC Nightly News, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Politico Morning Score, Tom Brokaw | 2 Comments

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

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Iowa Adstravaganza Edition)

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Iowa airwaves are stacked up like LaGuardia with political ads right now (and for the next few weeks). Here’s a nutshell review: • It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Romney’s Super PAC (via MSNBC’s First Read): Romneyite Super PAC … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged and Blue Fund, Freddie Mac, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, Newtron bomb, Red, Restore Our Future, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, White, Who Struck John | 1 Comment

Ads ‘n’ Ends (SuperPAC Edition)

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Once around the park, James, and don’t spare the horses (although that will get you totally busted in New York) Item: Mitt Romney’s Friends to Buy Him Iowa for Christmas According to MSNBC’s First Read, the pro-Romney SuperPAC Restore Our Future “announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Crossroads GPS, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Obamanauts, Occupy Wall Street, Politico Morning Score, Priorities USA, Reaganauts, Restore Our Future, Ritalin, SuperPAC | 4 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ad Spending Tally Edition)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

MSNBC’s First Read has helpfully provided an update on TV advertising expenditures so far in the 2012 presidential election (although it’s awfully secretive about the source of its numbers): Among the GOP presidential candidates: — Perry $2.8 million (including the campaign’s national … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adpenditures, American Crossroads, Barack Obama, Crossroads GPS, DNC, Herman Cain, Karl Rove, Make Us Great Again, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Our Destiny PAC, PuppetPACs, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, TV advertising expenditures | Leave a comment

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Koch Bros. Whack Obama Edition)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From our Hitting On All Solyndra’s desk: The Obama administration’s half-billion-dollar loan to solar company Solyndra is not only the subject of an independent federal review, it’s also the subject of a new $2.4 million ad campaign. From MSNBC’s First … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Americans for Prosperity, Bush (The Younger) administration, Charles Koch, David Koch, Fox News, Koch Industries, MSNBC First Read, Obama administration, Solyndra, ThinkProgress | 2 Comments

Let The $4 Billion* Rumpus Begin! ( Make Us Great Again Edition)

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

(* The amount that will likely be spent on political ads this election cycle.) GOP presidential wannabe Rick Perry (R-Have I Stopped Laughing Yet?) is now being propped up by a $382,000 ad campaign just launched in Iowa and South … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Iowa, Make Us Great Again, MSNBC First Read, Politico Playbook, Rick Perry, South Carolina | 2 Comments