As someone currently projecting all my hopes and dreams onto @RonDeSantisFL, the obvious question is whether he could pull something like Lind’s coalition together. Specifically, is he free of GWBush-era foreign policy utopianism? Somebody please check https://t.co/cz9CVzvF0c
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Feb 5, 2023
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Clear, well structured essay. But can you get elected as a broad, unified anti-woke defensive coalition without a unified affirmative plan for, eg, “raising wages and increasing economic security for all”? https://t.co/cz9CVzvF0c
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Ashamed I used the word “nothingburger.” #DoBetter https://t.co/Ad52vb8bzW
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Feb 4, 2023
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PS Ellis’ “hope lane” column is here https://t.co/cm1WVfut8x
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Is “hope” dead (as a political theme)?Bob & I discuss @Newsitemsellis’ “hope lane”–it was a useful discussion, for me at least. Starts at 1:44:50. https://t.co/Ad52vb8bzW
Specifically, are there hopeful populists and could DeSantis pull that off …
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“Mickey tries to drive Bob crazy. Did he succeed? You make the call.” https://t.co/69HM5dLiE6
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New Parrot Room: “Don’t Push Us ‘Cause We’re Close to the Edge” https://t.co/69HM5dLiE6
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1. Elrod v. Burns https://t.co/SW7MYp0p5G
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“I’ll check back in 2028 when, one way or another, Trump is out of the picture.” … You *sure* that if Trump loses in 2024 he’ll be out of the picture in 2028? https://t.co/KVFfF468m2 via @politico
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The trouble is optimistic GOP ‘hope’ candidates tend to be people who say lower capital gains taxes and open borders will work out because … hope! Think Kemp, Ryan, Jeb! If you think mass immigration will screw working class, you just aren’t hopeful enough. … https://t.co/r2qJn2olkE
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Feb 3, 2023
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Wait, now Ellis wants a candidate to run in the ‘hope lane.’ https://t.co/cm1WVfut8x https://t.co/FbhLvtxyCs
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Feb 3, 2023
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Laguna Beach! Good lord https://t.co/8WhMVaWetC
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Ferguson: Populists don’t “deliver on their promises.”
Also Ferguson: Under Trump “median household income rose by 9% in real terms between 2016 and 2019 — ending 17 years of stagnation — and…full employment with no rise in inflation was achieved.”
https://t.co/aMksvjGakm
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Put a work-test on Medicaid? @Mattgaetz is apparently pushing this in debt ceiling fight. Even Heritage’s Robert Rector thinks it’s a bad idea. https://t.co/aHAyog2UpN People denied Medicaid will just go to emergency rooms https://t.co/DQMVDqCe1U
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Feb 3, 2023
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Illustrates the aphorism that those who don’t ignore history are condemned to think it will be repeated. …Populism, progressivism, populism, progressivism–so it shall be forever. Those are the only two alternatives I can think of! https://t.co/aMksvjGakm
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Feb 3, 2023
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Ferguson: Populists don’t “deliver on their promises.”
Also, under Trump “median household income rose by 9% in real terms between 2016 and 2019 — ending 17 years of stagnation — and…full employment with no rise in inflation was achieved.”
Hello?
https://t.co/aMksvjGakm
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Feb 3, 2023
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Those are the ones we know about … https://t.co/qcGu1cu1Cq
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This’is a solid political (punditry) podcast. Beat my expectations, anyway. Can’t say @MarkHalperin
isn’t concise. https://t.co/RNY4qh2IyO via @commentary— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 3, 2023
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I just edited a tweet. Worth this month’s $8 by itself.
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The problem, i think-the way those 2 thoughts can be reconciled-is that while the economy may grow, along with voters’ financial situation, voters can still be unhappy with the direction the whole enterprise is heading (AI, wokeness, China rising, mass migration). So less “hope”
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More Ellis: “Obama ran on Keep Hope Alive. … No one will run on ‘Keep Hope Alive in 2024.” something profound (and profoundly depressing) in that. … With a soft enough landing, though, couldn’t Biden at least proclaim “Morning in America”? https://t.co/sdy3yHVJJe
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Feb 3, 2023
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Ellis notes no Republican has cut into Trump’s support in rural and exurban counties. OK. But reminds me of what they said early in 2008 campaign about how African-Americans were sticking with Hillary and skeptical of Obama. They were until they weren’t. https://t.co/gNLQURw2el
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Feb 3, 2023
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Very hard for Trump to tell Jared no if Jared wants in. Why? The Kushners are in better financial shape than he is and his and his daughter’s future may rest on an alliance with Jared’s family https://t.co/y1B9GrTHrg https://t.co/PAgCDWiYnN
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Groundhog Day https://t.co/MgcoxFdmv7
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“If the voters of Portland wanted to know whose actions, in addition to Mohamed Adan’s, had enabled the murder of Rachael Abraham, they might start by looking in the mirror.” https://t.co/LOM4xyMaRD
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