Nate Cohn

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

It'll be interesting to see real words here, but certification still looms as the big hole (as I read it) https://t.co/wbdGamB5ih — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

It's true, and it's not something I see grappled with very often https://t.co/22iLtcQsnv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ltthompso: @bjmartino Would also buy. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DLeonhardt: Some of the timeliest data on Covid outcomes by vaccination status comes from New York City and the Seattle area, and the t… — PolitiTweet.org

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On the other hand, the Biden folks played along with this for months. Assuming they don't have a filibuster rabbit to pull out of a hat, they've been putting on an act for months. Is the audience to blame if they're upset there's no show? https://t.co/1Sgph6ajmP — PolitiTweet.org

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Unless the Biden administration has a rabbit to pull out of its filibuster hat, this is pretty inconvenient moment for their act to give out https://t.co/S8RXWWH3pw — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: Dem pressure campaign on Manchin to use nuclear option and change rules to pass a voting bill isn't working. He told me tonight… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattGrossmann: We don’t have a strategy to pass the bill so you should come up with one is not a meetable demand, but sending the presi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Redistrict: And there you have it: TN Republicans to unveil map splitting Nashville into multiple districts to dilute Dem votes. https:… — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

NFL fans: would you rather have 6, 7 or 8 teams per conference making the playoffs this year 6 = old system; TB/GB get byes, PHI/PIT out (no TB v. PHI, KC v. PIT game) 7 = this year's playoff 8 = no byes, adds TEN v. IND, GB v. NO — PolitiTweet.org

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@ByronYork @ZacMoffatt https://t.co/VMOXNLDJIR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @carolynryan: These recollections from @nytimes reporters of Jan. 6 are pretty gripping: https://t.co/iIEuA4Iwb2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavMicRot it's like telling people to put on a life jacket when a boat is sinking. it's a great message, but it's not a complete solution either. don't expect high approval ratings after the passengers feel like they've been bobbing around in the water indefinitely for a few hours — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

@DavMicRot i think that message has definitely been amplified. it's just that it's not enough: it doesn't offer a way out of the pandemic — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

Politically, this post-Delta COVID muddle has obviously been a disaster for Dems, regardless of whether it is the right policy. They've drifted around without a message/goal/plan or a case for optimism for five months. Omicron may be bringing the conditions for a shift — PolitiTweet.org

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Politically, this post-Delta COVID muddle has obviously been a disaster for Democrats, regardless of whether it was the right policy option or not. Omicron has made it truly unsustainable — PolitiTweet.org

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Democratic politicians are rudderless, and have been since delta. They know the politics don't allow for emergency measures anymore. But Biden/Dems aren't ready to lead and chart a path to normalcy yet, either, whether it's bc of politics or real concern https://t.co/DFpbwBrIgq — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpecialPuppy1 no, biden/democratic elected officials are largely rudderless at the moment. they're neither willing to embrace shutdowns, bc they know the politics have changed. but they're not ready to set a path to 'normalcy' either — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

IDK if it's the worst possible time for Dems. It's January. And I don't think it's hard to imagine the combination of diminished severity and rapid omicron burnthrough creating the conditions for Joe Biden to pivot on the issue in fairly short order https://t.co/1K8oQIjP2n — PolitiTweet.org

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I think this was basically inevitable with the rise of omicron, with its huge numbers of asymptomatic breakthrough cases. It'll be interesting to see the next wave of polls, and just how far this has advanced https://t.co/LuMghZDS6N — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

Twitter, again, is not real life. For ex: IDK the size of these factions in the Dem electorate. But for national political purposes, a vigorous intra-D elite fight on COVID tells you all you need to know about the politics at this point: it's shifted against emergency measures — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

Today, you can see a sizable and increasingly passionate *intra-Democratic* fight on COVID. Obama-era Dem stalwarts--think, other Nate or Yglesias--are in revolt against COVID emergency precautions. And OTOH, there's still a vigorous group arguing for strong measures — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

Twitter, as you know, is not real life. But what happens on Twitter is not isolated from reality. A Sanders/Warren left may not be a majority of Dems, but it's real/important! You can tell on Twitter. On Twitter today, you can tell COVID politics have shifted, even decisively — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrendanNyhan: Christmas in January! TIL @johnmsides, @CTausanovitch, and @vavreck have a new book on the 2020 election coming out this… — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinQ :( — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KevinQ: Usually with two games to go, @jshkatz and I publish @nfl playoff trees to help you think through the scenarios as the games ha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @noamscheiber: Some perspective on the question of whether we’re in an unprecedented moment for labor organizing. Maybe unprecedented, b… — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

Omicron and its widespread breakthrough cases has greatly accelerated this transition by making COVID positivity seem something more like a routine annoyance (normalcy) than a serious risk to vaccinated individuals — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

It’s inevitable at this point. Politically, Biden loses by being unable to own a return to normalcy that’s already beginning. It’s just happening as a dismissal of the seriousness of COVID—and his administrations efforts—rather than a Biden led success story — PolitiTweet.org

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@Wertwhile and yet it probably can't be sacrificed to achieve those other goals — PolitiTweet.org