Tag Archives: Weekly Standard

Don’t Go Cornel West, Young Man

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Former Harvard University and current Princeton University professor Cornel West is a made moron. From Mediaite: Prof. Cornel West Tells Ed Schultz That President Obama Is ‘Afraid Of Free Black Men’ On [Wednesday’s] The Ed Show, host Ed Schultz invited Princeton University’s Professor Cornel … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur, Barack Obama, Boston Globe, Cornel West, made moron, MSNBC, Roland Fryer, Ron Christie, Ronald Ferguson, The Ed Show, Weekly Standard, Yvonne Abraham | Leave a comment

Cheri (Daniels), Baby!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

No politician’s wife is hotter than Cheri Daniels. The significant other (twice) of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-The Missus) is widely considered the swing vote in whether Daniels (who makes myriad GOPniks starry-eyed) will run for president next year. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, CBS News, Cheri Daniels, Mitch Daniels, MitchTV, New York Times, Weekly Standard | 3 Comments

Weekly Standard Spanks Obama’s (Leader From) Behind

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Weekly Standard’s latest editorial starts with a quote from Ryan Lizza’s New Yorker piece about Pres. Obama headlined “The Consequentialist:” Nonetheless, Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president’s actions in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Kristol, New Yorker, Ryan Lizza, The Consequentialist, Weekly Standard | 2 Comments

Suddenly Household Appliances Are The New Political Front

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Forget public-employee collective bargaining rights as the major threat to the Republic. It’s actually household-appliance regulation that will end Life As We Know It. First there was this piece in the January 31 edition of The Weekly Standard. Another Triumph for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bosch SHE58C, Consumer Reports, Jonathan V. Last, phosphate-free detergents, top-loading washers, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard | Leave a comment

Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics (Public Sector Compensation Edition)

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Very passionate op-ed in Wednesday’s Boston Globe by local labor union exec Mark Erlich about the public-sector-union dustup kick started in Wisconsin: Wisconsin is only the most dramatic site of a broader strategy of absolving Wall Street and scapegoating public … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, Boston Globe, Mark Erlich, public sector compensation, Weekly Standard | 8 Comments

Ads ‘n’ Ends (NYT Edition)

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Three from Tuesday’s New York Times: Item: Haley Barbour’s Close Shave? A Weekly Standard profile of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Reconstruction) has the former GOP lobbyist and forever good ol’ boy scrambling to salvage his presidential prospects. Times piece: Discussing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, chin-strokerati, Haley Barbour, James Dao, MTA, New York Times, Poetry in Motion, Train of Thought, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment

The New College Try

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Largely under the news media radar, there’s a total wonkybrook going on between the Obama administration and for-profit colleges. Typical news report (via the New York Times, page A15, 10/1/10): Rifts Show at Hearing on For-Profit Colleges Nut graf: [F]or-profit … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Ferguson, Coalition for Educational Success, Corinthian Colleges, Dick Durbin, for-profit colleges, Inside Higher Ed, Kaplan, Weekly Standard, wonkybrook | 1 Comment

Weekly Standard ‘All In’ On Massachusetts Gambling

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider is the first to admit that our attention to the Bay State’s casino gambling rumpus has been more occasional than tenacious. Perhaps because of that, we found this Christopher Caldwell piece in the current issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged casino gambling, Christopher Caldwell, Deval Patrick, racino, Robert DeLeo, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment

Articles The Hardworking Staff Didn’t Finish (pat. pending)

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

(With apologies to The Weekly Standard’s “Sentences We Didn’t Finish“) From Daily Beast diva Tina Brown: Why America Needed Chelsea’s Wedding Chelsea Clinton’s nuptials weren’t just a celebrity-free PR triumph. They were a happy throwback to the carefree 1990s. Celebrity-free PR … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chelsea Clinton wedding, Daily Beast, Tina Brown, Weekly Standard | 1 Comment