Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Donald Trump Is the Uber of American Politics

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Let’s begin with the obvious about the 2016 U.S. presidential election: Given that they were the two most-disliked American presidential candidates in polling history, Hillary Clinton was the only opponent Donald Trump could possibly have beaten, and Donald Trump was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, Bush v. Gore, congenital liar, Donald J. Trump, Electoral College, George W. Bush, gig-economy candidate, Hillary Clinton, Lewis Carroll, Republican National Committee, Salena Zito, Supreme Court, taxicab industry, The Accidental Candidate, The Atlantic, Through the Looking Glass, Uber, William Safire | Leave a comment

The Great Liberal ‘Overturn Citizens United’ Scam

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Admittedly, the hardworking staff attended the Jerry Orbach School of Law (& Order) for only 12 years, but all this hubbub from the left about reversing Citizens United (the 2010 Supreme Court decision that allows unlimited expenditures by corporations, unions, and individuals … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Borg, Boston Globe, Citizens United, Jerry Orbach, Law & Order, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Letter to the Editor, Marilyn Peterson, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial debate, pandermonium, SCOTUS, scotusblog, stare decisis, Supreme Court, WBUR, WCVB, WHDH | 4 Comments

Let the Whatever Billion Dollar Rumpus Begin! (McCutcheon v. FEC Edition)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission decision letting big-bucks political donors go all in, here’s the bad news by the numbers. From the NBC News digest First Read: Political spending from outside groups — … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bette Davis, bucky night, Center for Responsive Politics, fasten your seat belts, FEC, First Read, George W. Bush, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, Mitt Romney, NBC News, Supreme Court | 2 Comments

Boston Firms Rally For Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

In the run-up to this week’s Supreme Court bakeoff on gay marriage (which includes a call to strike down both California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act), a group called the Respect for Marriage Coalition has launched an advertising … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston Medical Center, Boston Scientific Corporation, California, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Liberty Mutual Group, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Proposition 8, Respect for Marriage Coalition, same-sex marriage, State Street Corporation, Supreme Court | Leave a comment

Let The $5 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Media Execs Say Yay! Edition)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Over the past year the hardguessing staff has reported any number of estimates of the overall spending for the 2012 election: $4 billion, $6 billion, $9.8 billion, and etc. Now comes the latest guesstimate, via AlterNet: Advertising on Television Rockets, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged $5 billion, AlterNet, Citizens United, Moody's Investors Service, political ad spending, some animals more equal than others, Super PACs, Supreme Court | 1 Comment

Call It Obama’s “Wealthcare” Reform Act

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Sign o’ the (New York) Times: Distaste for Health Care Law Reflects Spending on Ads Nut graf: In all, about $235 million has been spent on ads attacking the law since its passage in March 2010, according to a recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Campaign Media Analysis Group, Elizabeth Wilner, Health Care Reform, Kantar Media, money is speech, New York Times, ObamaCare, Supreme Court, Wealthcare Reform Act | 1 Comment

Why Did The GOP Lie When The Truth Was Apparently Worse?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The other day the hardworking staff noted that the Republican National Committee had, according to Bloomberg News, “altered the audio of U.S. Supreme Court (1000L) oral arguments in an attack on President Barack Obama’s health-care law.” In a web ad circulated this week, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg News, Cinnamon Challenge, Donald Verrilli, GOP, Obamacare Tough Sell, Peter Sagal, RNC, Solicitor General, Supreme Court, Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me | 3 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Paul Ryan And Mitt Romney Are An Item Edition)

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Once around the PAC, James, and don’t spare the horses. Item: Paul Ryan Hearts Mitt Romney First there was the Democratic National Committee’s web video highlighting the man-love between Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R-You Got My Good Side?) and presidential hopeful … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Crossroads, audio, Barack Obama, Bloomberg, bro-mance, DNC, Dr. Transmitkov, Mitt Romney, Morning Score, New York Times, ObamaCare, Paul Ryan, Politico, RNC, Supreme Court, Vladimir Putin | 1 Comment

The Weekly Standard Pimps Out Its Cover (II)

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Because the hardworking staff is a noodnik, we failed to note in a previous post about the Weekly Standard’s leasing its March 26 cover to the National Federation of Independent Business, that the NFIB is lead plaintiff in the lawsuit (National … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged National Federation of Independent Business vs. Sebelius, NFIB, Supreme Court, Weekly Standard | Leave a comment

WSJ Tracks Super PACs

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has relentlessly chronicled, Super PACs are driving the GOP presidential primary in a way no one (Paging the Supreme Court . . . paging the totally clueless Supreme Court) could have imagined. But at least someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Citizens United, Super PACs, Supreme Court, TechPresident, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment