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Sat Dec 21 23:46:37 +0000 2019

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@merkin_muffly Calm down. Almost nobody in the spring of 2015 expected Bernie to get more than 40 percent of the primary vote. Remember we're on Twitter and I didn't have many characters to work with. It certainly wasn't an effortless romp for Hillary. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 21, 2019 Hibernated

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

We're more in agreement than not. I agree that picking, say, Julian Castro at random would not have been a wise move. But too often the way the polls are treated by TV pundits and many experts is that they are absolutely definitive six or nine months before anyone votes. — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Well the early polling leader wins ~50% of the time, whereas if you just pick a candidate at random, you'll be righ… https://t.co/bQG2CBFNsM

Posted Dec. 21, 2019 Hibernated

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@SenatorZero I wrote 2019, I think. My point (and I didn't have many words to work with) is that she was over-hyped from the beginning partly based on pretty good poll numbers. Maybe I shouldn't have included her, but her withdrawal is so recent. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 21, 2019 Hibernated

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