Tag Archives: Ronald Reagan

Michael Reagan Milks the Old Man Like a Cash Cow

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the hardworking staff opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out: And etc. So, pony up for the Reagan Ranch and get a swell calendar. Year in pictures: You might … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged hardneutral staff, Hillary Clinton, Michael Reagan, New York Times, Rancho del Cielo, Reaganabilia, Ronald Reagan, super-PAC, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, Young America's Foundation | Leave a comment

Judd Not, Lest Ye Be Judd

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From our If Ronald Reagan Can Do It desk Politico Playbook: FIRST LOOK: American Crossroads today will release a two-minute web ad, “Vote for Me, You Hillbillies,” lampooning actress Ashley Judd, a Democrat who is considering challenging Senate Republican Leader … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Crossroads, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Collegio, Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, Naomi Judd, Politico Playbook, Ronald Reagan | Leave a comment

Obama $25 Million Ad Campaign Says Let’s “Go”

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Barack Obama’s reelection campaign just launched this ad (with a knee-buckling $25 million media buy) in nine swing states – Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Transcript: “Some said our best days were behind us. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Clint Eastwood, Forward, Go, It's halftime America, Morning in America, MSNBC's First Read, Politico Morning Score, Ronald Reagan | 3 Comments

Peggy Noodnik Writes Again (Obama The Operator Edition)

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

In this week’s edition of Peggy Through the Looking Glass, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan pegs President Obama as the “Not-So-Smooth Operator.” Something’s happening to President Obama’s relationship with those who are inclined not to like his policies. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, contraception, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Peggy Through the Looking Glass, Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Reagan Dissed Gingrich – Wait, Gingrich Dissed Reagan

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our Cognitive Dissonance Desk: Super PAC Restore Our Future – a wholly owned (but not coordinating) subsidiary of the Romney-industrial complex – is currently running this ad in Florida, which aims to debunk the current claims by Newt Gingrich … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged National Review, Newt Gingrich, Restore Our Future, Ronald Reagan | 5 Comments

It’s Morning For “Mourning”

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The New York Times reports that Citizens for the Republic, a conservative lobbying group that Ronald Reagan started in 1977 as a political action committee, “plans to begin running a stark, one-minute advertisement . . . that is a twist … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barry Goldwater, Citizens for the Republic, Hal Riney, Morning in America, Mourning in America, New York Times, Ronald Reagan, Tea Party | 1 Comment

Peggy Noodnik Strikes Again

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Peggy Noonan’s current Wall Street Journal column about Ronald Reagan’s 1980 co-opting of the John Birch Society (“Well, he said pleasantly, they said they support me, I didn’t say I support them”): He cared about reality, about the facts … Continue reading →

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The $50 Question

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Saturday’s New York Times featured this piece headlined “Battle of $50 Bill Splitting Republican Ranks.” Visual: Lede: It is a battle that is pitting Republican against Republican. Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina wants President Ronald Reagan’s likeness to replace … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged $3 bill, $50 bill, Ronald Reagan, Ulysses S. Grant | 1 Comment

Ad o’ the Day™

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Peggy Noonan’s latest Wall Street Journal column (headline: “The Reagans and the Kennedys”) recalls Ronald Reagan’s speech at a 1985 fundraiser for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, “which at the time was relatively new and the only presidential library … Continue reading →

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