Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro
Things can sound so impressive until you look closer. Example: Only one sitting VP (Bush) has been elected president since the dawn of the TV age. Of course, only three other examples (Nixon 1960 who came damn close; Humphrey in 1968; and Gore in 2000 who won the popular vote). — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Burns @alexburnsNYT
This goes for a lot of truisms about presidential politics. “Presidents don’t win re-election with unemployment ove… https://t.co/GiRpVpELri