The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Team Obama: ‘Ruh-Roh’

Ed Morrissey has the e-mail from the Obama campaign confessing that Romney and the RNC outraised them by $35 million in June. Politico‘s Byron Tau calls it “a sign that the Obama campaign may continue to be outraised all the way until November.” Before Republicans start high-fiving each other in premature celebration, however, let me […]

Romney Doesn’t Seem Interested In Winning Ugly

by Smitty Mediate has Krauthammer unimpressed with Romney: Noted political strategist Sun Tzu: “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” In 2008, we saw a weak candidate make weak decisions week by week, finishing weakly. While, at a high level, the Romney campaign may not be looking too brutal, I […]

How Did Fausta Miss That Joke?

by Smitty Normally she’s got those dots connected in a jiffy:

Is @MaggiePolitico the Favorite Girl in David Axelrod’s Stenography Pool?

Drew M. at AOSHQ catches Team Obama’s Pet pushing Democrat oppo research against a dude who appears in a new Romney campaign ad. Here’s the ad, and the dude Hagerman blows up is Jason “Jay” Clausen, who got laid off from his job in Iowa: Permit me to say, from long experience, that political reporters get tips […]

Distraction Tactic Backfires: Romney Gains in Polls After Obama Gay Shift

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign strategy could be summarized in four words: “It’s Obama’s Economy, Stupid.” Romney and his aides have made clear that they regard every other issue as a distraction from what polls — as well as common sense — indicate as the main concern of American voters: Jobs, the economy and the explosion […]

Bias by Omission: What the WaPo Didn’t Include in Its ‘BullyGate’ Hit Job

Susan Swift at Big Journalism located a profile feature about Mitt Romney in Automobile magazine, including quotes from some of the same sources used in Jason Horowitz’s “BullyGate” story. One of the common sources was Phillip Maxwell, who is quoted by the WaPo as an authority on the Infamous Homophobic Bullying Haircut. So, what didn’t […]

MSNBC Host Loses It When Reporter Won’t Play Along With ‘Get Mitt’ Meme

Tim Carney had a piece this morning about BullyGate and “the casual indifference The Post displays as it destroys lives in pursuit of its goal of electing Democrats.” Somehow, Tim got booked onto MSNBC, where host Tamron Hall wanted him to play along with the game. Amid her increasingly angry interruptions, Carney managed to speak some […]

Hard Times in WaPoVille: ‘BullyGate’ Timing Questioned on ‘Morning Joe’

If they’ve lost Morning Joe . . . “And there’s no doubt that . . . the timing of this obviously is in line with Barack Obama coming out a couple of days ago, saying — I’m sorry. It’s a fun — I mean, the media response to Barack Obama saying absolutely nothing. In the […]

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