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Here is the story from @burlij: https://t.co/bXlwGF5lxl — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW CNN/Des Moines Register poll finds Pete Buttigieg holds a clear lead in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. Buttigieg: 25% Warren: 16% Biden: 15% Sanders: 15% Klobuchar: 6% Booker, Harris, Gabbard, Steyer & Yang at 3%. Bloomberg at 2%. All other candidates at 1% or less. — PolitiTweet.org

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Warren, asked about these comments, largely dodges. “I so admire what President Obama did,” she says, mentioning ACA, Dodd Frank & CFPB. “Those are huge changes in this country & they've made a difference for millions of people and I will always be grateful for President Obama.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Kevinliptakcnn: Trump hasn’t actually fired any of these people (all are still federal employees) and indeed hired Bill Taylor out of r… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @llerer: These comments, made last night by President Obama, are still reverberating -- at least among the “certain left-leaning Twitte… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NickRiccardi: Castro's policy focus has been impressive but he's arguably run the most social-justice-oriented campaign and may be a ca… — PolitiTweet.org

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Moderate Dems are already using this against the Warren/Sanders wing. @MichaelBennet on @NewDay: "I'm with President Obama. We should not be going into this election nominating somebody who is genuflecting to the Twitter base of the party & not focused on living human beings." — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama, in what amounted to a stern warning to the 2020 field, bluntly said Friday that voters are "less revolutionary than ... interested in improvement" and warned about turning off certain segments of the electorate by not being "rooted in reality." https://t.co/4rHyASCtqq — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama: The United States “is less revolutionary than it is interested in improvement. They like seeing things improved, but the average American doesn't think you have to completely tear down the system and remake it. I think it is important for us not to lose sight of that.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama said his comments were not meant to be a "criticism to the activist wing,” but added that the "candidates' job... is to get elected" and warned them from thinking "if you get so far out... automatically people will follow" because you are being "bold and creative." — PolitiTweet.org

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The most 👀 comment to me: Candidates shouldn’t be "diluted into thinking that the resistance to certain approaches to things is simply because voters haven't heard a bold enough proposal & if they hear something that is as bold as possible, than that immediately” will win them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Barack Obama urged the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls on Friday to “pay some attention to where voters actually are," warning them that listening to closely to liberal Twitter will put them out of step with voters. Our story: https://t.co/4rHyASCtqq — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama: “I guess my point is even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision, we also have to be rooted in reality," adding that some Dems, independents and moderate Republicans "are not driven by the same views" pushed on left leaning Twitter feeds or by activists. — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama, while urging Democrats currently running to “push past what I was able to achieve as president,” also warned those same candidates that the US is “less revolutionary than it is interested in improvement” and liberal Twitter does not represent the broader party. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is basically Obama telling the party's top donors to calm their worries about the 2020 field. — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama said, in the end, the 2020 primary will be a good thing for the nominee: "I am confident that at the end of the process we will have candidate who has been tested and will be able to proudly carry the Democratic banner and we are going to have to unify around that." — PolitiTweet.org

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President Barack Obama, speaking in DC tonight, urges a room full of top Dem donors to stop worrying so much about the toughness of the 2020 primary. "For those who get stressed about robust primaries, I just have to remind you, I had a very robust primary," Obama said. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AsteadWesley: On the bus tour, @tylerpager asked a good question about if Buttigieg had asked McKinsey for a NDA release to talk about… — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg spox @Lis_Smith calls Warren’s new Medicare for All implementation plan a ‘transparently political attempt to paper over a very serious policy problem’ https://t.co/geI7EEWSXK — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zbyronwolf: .@DanaBashCNN is all of us when John King reads off Trump praising Zelensky for Ukraine's Miss Universe contestants. https:… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: Roger Stone has been found guilty on all charges, @ShimonPro reports. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: This seems notable. There's no mention of combatting corruption in the first transcript of Trump's call with Zelensky,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @albamonica: This was notable: President Trump, while talking about impeachment, says it has been "very hard" on his family, adding "ver… — PolitiTweet.org

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Deval Patrick, to @jaketapper, looks to thread the Dem needle. He says he sees "big systematic change as a way to bring us back together." Later: Trump "seems to wake up everyday looking for division" and replacing that w/ division is "not the ultimate solution." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidWright_CNN: not to be confused with "deval for all who want it" https://t.co/a0bgvrFHze https://t.co/BLxqhKp2UK — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is who made the November debate stage https://t.co/SwVQ4BnYPy — PolitiTweet.org

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Castro spox @SawyerHackett on missing the debate: "While the ground shifts under the frontrunners, and billionaires buy their spot on stage, Secretary Castro is fighting for the most vulnerable communities, and telling truths other candidates are unwilling to speak." — PolitiTweet.org

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The DNC officially announces that ten candidates qualified for the November debate. They are: - Biden - Booker - Buttigieg - Gabbard - Harris - Klobuchar - Sanders - Steyer - Warren - Yang This officially means Julian Castro will miss the November debate. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidWright_CNN: Tom Steyer has accounted for over 67% of *all* TV ad spending by 2020 candidates in the race, through this week, per C… — PolitiTweet.org

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Patrick, in his CBS interview, says he believes the 2020 Democratic race has become a debate between "nostalgia, let’s just get rid of the incumbent president and we can go back to doing what we used to do" and "it is our way, our big idea, or no way." — PolitiTweet.org