Nate Cohn

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

@BrendanNyhan @gelliottmorris @jon_m_rob @mattyglesias @rickhasen well, yes, HR1 was voted on to appease activists. but no, HR1 wasn't prioritized over a nonexistent alternative to appease activists. voting rights, as a whole, was ignored because elites didn't see a credible option and so they went to infrastructure — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

@BrendanNyhan @gelliottmorris @jon_m_rob @mattyglesias @rickhasen and as a consequence of it being ignored, none of the groundwork has been laid for any subsequent effort. it is beginning now, and while it may still yield something it is quite obvious that the chances are lower than they would have been if it started earlier — PolitiTweet.org