Alex Roarty

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@StevenJDuffield and that uncertainty invites a variety of candidates to try out their own theory of the case. the party's tectonic plates went dormant during Obama, but are still very much active now — PolitiTweet.org

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@StevenJDuffield also think, potentially, that the jolt of energy that went through the party in the Trump years hasn't dissipated the way it did in in the early Obama years. Plus, what it means to be a Dem, and a winning Dem candidate, feels much more of an open question now than it did then — PolitiTweet.org

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@StevenJDuffield true, though I don't know if it's been demonstrated that second-tier Senate challengers in a crowded primary can tap into that fundraising pool (as opposed to when they run against Graham). but doesn't mean they won't try! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @StevenJDuffield: @Alex_Roarty It's also just the success of Act Blue; they see how much money extreme longshot candidates raised in 202… — PolitiTweet.org

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the party has come a long way form the days when the only non-anointed Senate candidate who'd seriously challenge for a nomination was Joe Sestak — PolitiTweet.org

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Dems have an explosion of Senate primary candidates this year (Pa, NC too) after going a ~decade where only one major candidate would usually step up. One possible explanation: After wipeouts of '10 and '14, Dems replenished their bench in a big way in '18. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Drew_Hammill: NEWS: Speaker Pelosi has invited President Biden to address a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28. https://t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mawilner: The Biden administration is working with states to reschedule appointments for individuals who were in line to receive shots… — PolitiTweet.org

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not everything's peachy, however. Some frustrated w/DNC, which operates Biden's Facebook page and didn't make a single new post in ~all of February~. More posts in March, but still sporadic. All while WH trying to sell expansive new legislative agenda https://t.co/rwm3AEHZIv — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenjySarlin @NickRiccardi (though i had a great time at BWW in culpepper once and woodbridge's best buy was kind enough to have the DMV's last nintendo switch at the onset of the pandemic last year) — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenjySarlin @NickRiccardi we've got some bad news for woodbridge, culpepper, and manassas — PolitiTweet.org

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@libbyanelson opposition to statehood running REALLY hot in these polls smh — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenjySarlin @NickRiccardi tfw when you visit the shenendoah valley and think it's the whole state — PolitiTweet.org

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@HotlineJosh i did go to Loeb's today downtown -- remains very tasty. And So's in AdMo is great. just not enough of those type of places around — PolitiTweet.org

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it's mostly nice here if a little expensive. decent amount of green space and good food variety even if it's a generally poor pizza/sandwich town. people are nice though — PolitiTweet.org

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you would be surprised (or maybe not surprised) how many people really think DC is a dangerous hell-hole populated by lobbyists and politicians — PolitiTweet.org

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@Rob_Flaherty Some of the work is more mundane: The Biden White House had to update Obama's presidential bio on White House dot gov after it was left conspicuously brief during the last administration (including no information about his actual presidency). https://t.co/rwm3AEHZIv — PolitiTweet.org

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@Rob_Flaherty A big part of the strategy is identifying and developing relationships with social media influencers, much the same way White House's have done with traditional journalists. It's why Fauci will do Instagram Live interviews with a Mexican comic actor https://t.co/rwm3AEHZIv — PolitiTweet.org

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Why the White House loves Instagram Reels My look inside the administration's digital outreach effort, led by @Rob_Flaherty. It's focused above all on policy -- even if the message is only a few seconds long https://t.co/rwm3AEHZIv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tobyzakaria: White House says supply of other COVID vaccines is enough as new J&J guidance weighed @mawilner https://t.co/zuxTDD6kuQ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bykowicz: Corporate health care, how it works: A rural hospital owned by a private equity firm is lobbying to prevent local residents f… — PolitiTweet.org

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i'd probably still lean B but I suspect you'd get a wide range of views on this — PolitiTweet.org

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So after reading this -- https://t.co/9BnQoKUtzE -- if forced to choose, would most of the people on here think that the Dems' big spending edge in '20 was ... A) mostly ineffective because it arrived late and had too much poor targeting/messaging or B) quietly determinative — PolitiTweet.org

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really just credit to them for going with three in the back even still. gotta have outlets! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @syraob: Today, a story I wrote about gender violence in Puerto Rico came out. This morning, an ex-policeman killed his wife and then t… — PolitiTweet.org

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@kewgardens1 he would have very likely lost his race that year, regardless — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JacobRubashkin: NEW from me: Al Gross, the independent who ran for Senate in Alaska in 2020 with backing from Democrats, is considering… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zgillan: His breach of ethics warranted the U.S. Army to revoke his degree from the @ArmyWarCollege and physically remove his name from… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MurphinDC: Lara Trump hasn't said if she's going to run for US Senate in NC yet. But the rest of the GOP field seems ready to move — up… — PolitiTweet.org

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(i actually tried to get him to talk about it over the course of several interview requests for a story back in 2017 but, sadly, he never responded) — PolitiTweet.org