Tag Archives: Washington Post

Gordie Howe Only Scored a ‘Gordie Howe Hat Trick’ Twice

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Hockey lost one of its Mt. Rushmore figures when Gordie Howe died this week at the age of 88. Howe, a longtime Detroit Red Wing and short time New England Whaler, had the never-to-be-duplicated distinction of playing professional hockey in five … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Detroit Red Wings, ESPN, Gordie Howe, Gordie Howe Hat Trick, Hartford Whalers, New England Whalers, NHL, Sports Illustrated, Washington Post | 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

Jeb Bush Super PAC Depicts Jeb Bush As Cipher

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The Bush-Industrial Complex has finally decided to spend some of its hundred-something millions to kick-start the Frère Apparent’s presidential campaign. From CNN: Jeb Bush super PAC drops $24 million on ads Let the air … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @realdonaldtrump, Bush-Industrial Complex, Club for Growth, CNN, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Frère Apparent, Hair Apparent, Iowa, Jeb Bush, Jeb!, Kevin Madden, New Hampshire, Right to Rise, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Why Tom Stoppard Is Right to Be a Snob

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Several months ago British playwright Tom Stoppard created a tempest in a theaterpot with an interview he gave to the Telegraph. Quiz: Are Tom Stoppard’s plays too clever for you? As the playwright says he has to dumb down his … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dana Dusbiber, Goneril, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, NatIonal Theatre, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Shakespeare, Slings & Arrows, Terry Teachout, The Hard Problem, The Telegraph, Tom Stoppard, Travesties, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Let the $10 Billion Rumpus Begin!

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Val-PAC desk The hardworking staff recently trumpeted the estimated $9 billion price tag for the 2016 election cycle, but Bloomberg’s Al Hunt has a slight adjustment. How Record Spending Will Affect 2016 Election The role of money and politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al Hunt, America's Liberty PAC, Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Charles Koch, Conservative Solutions PAC, Dathan Voelter, David Koch, Hillary Clinton, J. Warren Tompkins, Jeb Bush, Jesse Benton, Keep the Promise, Matea Gold, Mitt Romney, Priorities USA Action, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Terry Sullivan, Things Go Better with Koch brothers, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Let the $9b Rumpus Begin! (Ad Early and Often Edition)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The air wars of Dustup 2016™ have gone from zero to :30 in no time flat. So the hardwatching staff is pleased to provide this handy clip ‘n’ save guide to the preliminary rounds, which range from the Presidential Donnybrook to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC News, Barack Obama, Bill Kristol, Blessing, Bloomberg, Blue Grass State GOP Gubernatorial Slap Fight, Buzzfeed, Conservative American Legacy PAC, Dustup 2016, Kelly Ayotte, Kentuckians for Growth Opportunity and Prosperity, Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary, Mark Kirk, Matt Bevin, Moms Clean Air Force, NARAL Pro-Choice America, NBC News, Neville Chamberlain, New York magazine, Newt Gingrich, NRDC, Politico, Presidential Donnybrook, R-Great White South, R-Please Don't Confuse Me with Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Richard Burr, Rob Portman, Ron Johnson, Sen. Rob Portman, Ted Cruz, The Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America, The Hill, U.S. Senate Rumpus, Washington Post | 4 Comments

Could Scott Brown Run for U.S. Senate in . . . California?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Revival Party desk It’s hard to believe that Downturn Scotty Brown (R-Girl Trouble) might ever run for higher office again, but then there’s this from yesterday’s New York Times First Draft: Boxer’s Retiring, and Ad Agencies … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged @ScottBrownCA, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Downturn Scotty Brown, First Draft, George Clooney, Googletron, New York Times, R-Girl Trouble, Scott Brown, silly season, Tom Steyer, Twitter, Washington Post | 4 Comments

When Journalists Rent Out Their B(u)ylines . . .

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

. . . nothing good can come of it. There’s a growing trend among journalists of co-authoring books with subjects they probably would be better off covering. Exhibit Umpteen, from Sunday’s New York Times. Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a senior correspondent and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atlantic Monthly, C-Span, Dan Shaughnessy, For Love of Country, Howard Schultz, Jack Beatty, Mayor for a New America, Patty Hearst Syndrome, Q&A, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Starbucks, Terry Francona, Tom Menino, Too Big to Bail, Washington Post | 6 Comments

What Do You Want the First Line of Your Obituary to Be?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff found itself reading a variety of obituaries of former Vermont U.S. Sen. James Jeffords yesterday, all of which featured similar ledes. Washington Post: James M. Jeffords, the maverick Vermont politician who in 2001 gave Democrats a short-lived majority … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Jim Jeffords, MBTA GeezerCard, New York Times, obituary, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | 2 Comments

Our Rick Perry Anti-Redemption Edition

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might – or more likely might not – remember, the hardworking staff recently noted The Weekly Standard’s rehab job on lame duck Gov. Rick Perry (R-Oops), who once again has presidential ambitions. (Far more convincing – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Davidson, Baton Rouge, Comeback Kid, Cryin' John Boehner, David Duke, deportation, Earl Long, Edwin Edwards, Fred Barnes, Huey Long, immigration hearings, Jennifer Rubin, Kingfish, KKK, Louisiana, Matt Labash, Pres. Obama, Rick Perry, Russell B. Long, Ted Cruz (Control), The New Yorker, The Weekly Standard, Washington Post | 2 Comments