Tag Archives: Politico

Quote o’ the Day (Ben Carson Headscratcher Edition)

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Former presidential hopeful/book salesman Ben Carson has long been the gaffe that keeps on giving, and now we can add this beauty to the collection. From a Politico piece today with the headline “Carson says Trump knows judge attack was wrong”: … Continue reading →

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Quote o’ the Day (Fact-Free Donald Trump Edition)

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From our Department of Redundancy department This week’s cover story in New York magazine, Gabriel Sherman’s Operation Trump, contains this priceless, factually challenged quote from the GOP’s Hair Apparent (tip o’ the pixel to Politico’s New York Playbook): Trump is cheap, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump, Gabriel Sherman, GOP Hair Apparent, New York magazine, New York Playbook, Operation Trump, Politico | Leave a comment

Peggy Noonan’s Strange New Respect for Donald Trump

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From our Peggy Noodnik Writes Again desk Peggy Noonan’s Declarations column in the Weekend Wall Street Journal is, according to Politico’s Mike Allen, “jaw-droppingly Trump-friendly (or at least Trump-respectful).” The GOP Establishment’s Civil War A free-for-all among Christie, Rubio, Cruz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Spectator, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Jack Shafer, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Politico, strange new respect, Ted Cruz, Tom Bethell, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Politico’s Jack Shafer Throws Shade at the Boston Globe

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

In his latest column, Politico media maven Jack Shafer gets all farbissen about this past week’s Great Newspaper Migration. Why Is the Washington Post So Obsessed With Its Move? It’s easier to write an obituary for a building than a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Woodward, Boston Globe, Carl Bernstein, Gordon Goetemann, Great Newspaper Migration, Jack Shafer, Joel Achenbach, John Kelly, Len Downie, Marc Fisher, Marcus Brauchli, Michael Cavna, Norma Desmond, Politico, Post mortem, Sam Adams, Spotlight, Washington Post | 3 Comments

Trump’s Strong-Arming Jeb Bush Donor Is BULLYs–t

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

As the dustupping staff noted yesterday, Donald Trump mouthpiece Alan Garten sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jeb Bush mega-donor Mike Fernandez threatening legal action if he published this ad calling Trump a BULLYionaire. Regardless, the ad did run … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Garten, Charlie Spies, Daily Mail Online, Des Moines, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, FEC, Goon Squad, GOP establishment, GOP Hair Apparent, Jeb Bush, Koch brothers, Las Vegas, Mediaite, Miami Herald, Mike Fernandez, Politico, Trumpa lumpa, Vox | Leave a comment

Can ‘BULLYionaire’ Donald Trump Bully Jeb Bush Mega-Donor?

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

It’s no secret that the Republican establishment (and their Goon Squad of PACmen) is afraid to attack Donald Trump, in spite of his increasingly hair-brained pronouncements. Except for Mike Fernandez. The drama started to unfold in Politico a few days … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Garten, Daily Mail Online, Des Moines, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Goon Squad, GOP establishment, GOP Hair Apparent, Jeb Bush, Koch brothers, Las Vegas, Mediaite, Miami Herald, Mike Fernandez, Politico, Vox | Leave a comment

To Know Trump (All Bagel and No Schmear Edition)

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

What a difference a Tslump makes. One month ago, GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump was bragging that he didn’t need advertising to fuel his presidential run because “I’m getting so much coverage. It would almost be — you’d OD on … Continue reading →

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Conflict of Interest at Politico Massachusetts Playbook (II)

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff wandered into a bit of a quagmire yesterday when we looked at the confluence of a Massachusetts Playbook ad and some Massachusetts Playbook editorial content that both seemed to have the same objective: to boost the expansion … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charlie Baker, Dan Currie, Dinah Washington, Erik Wemple, Great Schools Massachusetts, Katie Lannan, Lauren Dezenski, Massachusetts Playbook, Mike Allen, Politico, Politico Rain Man, Sneak ADtack, State House News Service, State of the Cuisinart Marketing, Twitter | 3 Comments

Conflict of Interest at Politico’s Massachusetts Playbook?

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff was just sitting here in the Global Worldwide Headquarters minding our own business, when this popped up on the Twitters. Of course we immediately asked Dan Currie if he has any connection to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charlie Baker, Dan Currie, Great Schools Massachusetts, Katie Lannan, Lauren Dezenski, Massachusetts Playbook, Politico, State House News Service, Twitter | 6 Comments

Dead Blogging Round Two of the GOP Presidential Rumpus

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

In the interest of full disclosure, the dustupping staff should mention that we lost interest in last night’s CNN Republican Presidential Debate around the time Ben Carson spoke about hizzzzzz . . . Whatever. Regardless, here’s some dotsam and netsam … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @realdonaldtrump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, CNN, CNN Republican Presidential Debate, Donald Trump, dotsam and netsam, Dustup 2016, dustupping staff, fact check, New York Times, Politico, Twitter | Leave a comment