Tag Archives: Nancy Pelosi

When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Run Havoc’ Edition)

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Campaign Outsider

From our That’s Just So Sad desk Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters, the hardtsking staff has long lamented the slow-motion decline of what used to be called “clear idiomatic English.” Unclear idiotmatic English is more like it nowadays. For … Continue reading →

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Three-Way Tie in New York Times ‘Year in Pictures’ Bakeoff!

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Campaign Outsider

One of the cherished holiday traditions here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters is the annual Running of the Photographers in the New York Times’s Year in Pictures special section. (Past bakeoff winners, if you’re keeping score at home.) From the Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Celeste Sloman, Elizabeth D. Herman, Erin Schaff, JR for the New York Times, Lam Yik Fei, Madonna, Nancy Pelosi, Notre-Dame de Perish, NYT Year in Pictures 2019, Thomas Goisque | 1 Comment

GOP = Got Our Pitch? (II)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff recently noted, for reasons unknown we’ve been plunged lately into a Republican fundraising emailstrom. Representative samples include this missive from Karl Rove (subject line: TIGHT AS A TICK): Friend, President Obama’s approval ratings keep dropping, no reliable poll shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, emailstrom, GOPanhandling, Harry Reid, ISIS, Karl Rove, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, NRCC, portrait in the attic, The Weekly Standard | 4 Comments

GOP = Got Our Pitch?

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

For reasons far beyond our ken, the hardworking staff has been peppered lately with emails from Republican hustlers looking to shake us down for campaign contributions. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-God’s Waiting Room) kicked off the right-wingding with the subject line … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, portrait in the attic, The Weekly Standard | 2 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Santorum Nev-ad-a Edition)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (R-Shouldn’t You Be at Home Taking Care of Your Daughter?) has shrugged off his third-place finish in Florida and gone full-tilt into Nevada for this Saturday’s caucuses, as The Hill duly notes: Santorum up in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, Nevada, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, The Hill, two-man race | Leave a comment

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

Rick Perry & Thrust (Outsider Edition)

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R-Going Over Like The Metric System) is the GOP’s tipsy homeowner trying every key to get into his own house. Latest advertising keynote: I’m the Outsider (who wants to be the Decider). Text: Washington’s broken … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Rick Perry, The Decider, The Outsider | Leave a comment

NYT’s Bruni: MA Senate Race ‘Sadly Petty’

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni has exceedingly low expectations for the expected Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown Senate smackdown in Massachusetts: I have my doubts that Elizabeth Warren is elitist and I’m not convinced Scott Brown is sexist, but I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, Frank Bruni, Michael Graham, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, Scott Brown, Thank God, U.S. Senate | 2 Comments

That’s Just So Mean! (Nancy Pelosi Edition)

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Sure, the Wall Street Journal disagrees with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-My Cold Dead Hands) on everything from Acela to Zygotes, but did the paper really have to use this photo in Friday’s piece about the deficit battle on Capitol … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acela to Zygotes, Nancy Pelosi, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments