Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus . . . Pause! (PAC It In Edition)

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Friday’s New York Times: Silent Night (or Two) for Attack Ads WASHINGTON — Santa Claus is bringing a very special present for Newt Gingrich this weekend: a bit of relief. The independent “super PAC” supporting Mitt Romney’s campaign, which has run … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (GOP PAC Attack Edition)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Politico’s Morning Score: PRO-ROMNEY “RESTORE OUR FUTURE” RIPS PERRY, GINGRICH: “Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry: Too liberal on immigration, too much baggage on ethics,” the ad’s narrator says. http://bit.ly/ubcrgF PRO-PERRY “MAKE US GREAT AGAIN” NAILS ROMNEY, GINGRICH: The ad started running yesterday … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Gingrich Super PAC Edition)

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Presidential flameout Newt Gingrich (R-Ouch!) is getting his ads kicked by Ron Paul and Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future. Gingrich’s response to the Newtron bombs? This Mourning in America TV spot:   But now (via Politico’s Playbook) comes … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Dead Blogging The GOP’s Sioux City Bakeoff

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Full disclosure: The hardworking staff could only stand watching the first hour of last night’s Republican presidential primary debate, but we did pick up some slop from Fox News on the second hour. The GOP Magnificant Seven gathered in Sioux … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging The GOP Iowa Debate

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The GOP presidential primary pluggers had at it again Saturday night in the ABC News/Des Moines Register debate in Iowa. The hardworking staff caught as much of it as we could, and here are some random observations (see video via this … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Newt Gingrich Bookselling Edition)

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Newt Gingrich is the accidental candidate: He went on a book tour and a presidential campaign broke out. The truth is, Gingrich’s entire career – political and otherwise – has been a comercial enterprise, currently managed by wife #3 Callista, … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich: Fashion Victim

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Ron Paul’s attack ad accusing Newt Gingrich of serial hypocrisy has nothing on Women’s Wear Daily’s hit on the current GOP presidential primary frontrunner. No response yet from Callista Gingrich (R-Yoko Ono), but give it time.

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Romney: I May Be A Mormon, But I’ve Only Had One Wife

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney (R-The Missus) has launched a TV spot in Iowa that takes a not-so-subtle swipe at chief rival Newt Gingrich (R-Three Missuses). From NPR’s It’s All Politics blog: New Mitt Romney Iowa Ad Makes Claim Newt Gingrich Can’t: One … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Paul Mauls Gingrich Edition)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

GOP presidential quadrennial Ron (Big Dog) Paul has taken his smashmouth web video charging Newt (Top Dog) Gingrich with serial hypocrisy and cut it down to a 60-second TV spot airing in Iowa:   (“I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this … Continue reading →

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