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3/ and obliterating the obvious which lies clearly in the line of sight. All moments are not equal. This river isn’t a lazy one and it doesn’t run in a circle. The stakes are high and the moment calls for a leadership that can transcend a trend line with the power of conviction — PolitiTweet.org

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2/as the communications director where communications mattered to the outcome. The data would have told Bobby Kennedy it was “off message”to quote Aeschylus to poor black people in Indianapolis. Data is an important tool but it can disorient the pilot by overwhelming the senses — PolitiTweet.org

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Data professionals vastly overrate how important “data” is to political outcomes. There are three times in the last 122 years when the Incumbent Presidential party picked up House seats in the first midterm. The year was 2002 and I was at the Tom Davis and @jhishta led @nrcc — PolitiTweet.org

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6/ describe it. Both of these MAGA Governors are a political version of Chuckie, little miscreants running around stabbing everything in sight. Total incompetence and malice mixed together is bad for everyone. These guys are terrible — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ shutdown. @GovRonDeSantis has potentially cost the state of Florida Billions with his Disney War. It made me think about the mob and it’s degeneracy. These guys are Crazy Joe mixed with Bugsy Siegel and a big touch of Morrie the Wig maker. Bad for business doesn’t begin to — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ From my perspective, this would be completely appalling in most places but utterly relatable and understandable in New Jersey. What @GregAbbott_TX and @RonDeSantisFL are doing is next level. Abbot has cost the State of Texas $ 4.5 Billion in American money with his border — PolitiTweet.org

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3/of political spite at the border between the friendly peoples of New York and New Jersey? Simple, it went something like this. “F U.” “No, F U!!” “ Oh yeah!! F me?! No! how about double F U, shut the bridge down!” — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ Bostonians were somewhat exotic, but they were out there. Some of their fans would show up at Yankee Stadium where as a kid I would watch adults pour beer on them, throw things and shout “Boston Sucks” . How did the George Washington Bridge get shut down in a brittle battle — PolitiTweet.org

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Let me be clear about something up front, I’m not excusing Bridge-gate, but I understand how something like that happens since I’m a New Jersey native. As a New Jersey native I grew up surrounded by people from New Jersey in close proximity to New Yorkers and Philadelphians. — PolitiTweet.org

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Was hoping for an update? Any? BREAKING NEWS 🚨? Has the white smoke risen over Maro Lago? Is McCarthy going to make it? All of Washington DC In limbo. My God. At least the Gen Z’ers, Millenials and X’ers know what it must have been like in the Cuban Missile Crisis. https://t.co/kKsmWZgiQF — PolitiTweet.org

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Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, @GOPLeader, @EliseStefanik @CawthornforNC @RepMTG @laurenboebert @mattgaetz @TuckerCarlson @IngrahamAngle and a great many other powerful people in America share something in common. They are Takers. There is nothing lower than a taker. — PolitiTweet.org

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13/ building the “Just Society”. It can be at hand within a human lifetime but the prerequisite to building it is the ability to stop the vandals from burning down the idea. That can only be done with vision and conviction married to action. That is the test over the next 7 mos. — PolitiTweet.org

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12/ transcend itself to build something better for the people we love who will carry on after us. We are building for the people unborn that will be loved by the people we will never meet who carry our blood and our shared American stories. The work of politics is the work of — PolitiTweet.org

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11/ Politics in a democratic society are messy. Sometimes it can become staggeringly corrupt. Sometimes it can be comically inept. Sometimes dogs get elected Mayor and sometimes they do a good job. Politics in a free society is the vocation of hope and belief that mankind can — PolitiTweet.org

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losing to a minority who has succeeded in only 1 terrible thing. They have built a durable majority of cynicism that has led people to think that it is all equally terrible and corrupt when in fact that is not true. The country needs leaders who can both tell and sell that truth. — PolitiTweet.org

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9/ completely revealed themselves. The time to start grappling with the “why are we losing to these people question” is now, not at the election postmortem conferences. The answers to those questions are plain as day. The tragedy in all of this is that the majority is — PolitiTweet.org

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8/ undeserved influence over national affairs to a tiny minority that has infested and strangled the mechanisms of party politics like Kudzu vines marinated in miracle grow overtaking a city. Simply, there is no excuse for losing to the forces of malice that have so utterly and — PolitiTweet.org

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7/ can unite the American people in the cause of American renewal and the strengthening of our shared Union. The majority of America is against the extremism. The vast majority is being held hostage by a process that has eliminated competition and given an enormous and utterly — PolitiTweet.org

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6/ @ChrisMurphyCT @brianschatz and other rising leaders to say there is no time left to wait. It means that the Senate Democratic Leader has to have the ability to communicate in plain English in a way that makes sense to people. It means that we will need political leaders who — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ The survival of American democracy will be dependent on the ability to connect and communicate effectively. This means we need a new generation of Presidential candidates. It means people like @MalloryMcMorrow and @jaredpolis should run for President. It means it’s time for — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ has recently signaled through a series of leaks that he intends to be a candidate in 2024 under the theory that he is the only candidate who can survive a Trump rematch or stave off his successor. Should Kevin McCarthy’s GOP take power, all bets should be off in 2024 — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ overwhelm the meanness, cruelty, indecency, violence, insanity and UN Americanness of the extremist messaging with something, anything, BETTER. Unless this turns around in short order, the consequences for failure should be profound when it comes to 2024. President Biden — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ proven liars, weirdos, petty criminals, militia extremists, religious extremists, racist extremists, fascist extremists, conspiracy theorists and useful idiots in service to the cause of a Russian war criminal. This result is unacceptable and the direct result of a failure to — PolitiTweet.org

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Elections have consequences. 2022 should be no different. Presently, the Democratic House Majority is speeding towards a historic defeat that is the result of a profound communications and political failure. The Democratic Party is on track to badly lose to a cabal of — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Collins has a great American story that is also a great Montana story. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @donwinslow: This will be my focus now. "Democrats have better ideas, better candidates, and a better vision for tomorrow. What they do… — PolitiTweet.org

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5/children who will carry the American dream forward. The truth is America would be better off without the people in power who don’t understand this. It is no coincidence that those people are the greatest liars and cons in public life. — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ me his son had enlisted in the US Marine Corps. There are many people who hold power in America and tell a Venomous lie. The lie is that America would be better without an immigrant from Ghana. The truth is, that it is that immigrant from Ghana who renews America and it is his — PolitiTweet.org

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3/about American history and the Constitution as he was studying to become an American Citizen. I remember the total happiness, pride and joy he felt when he became one of us, a citizen of the mightiest Republic that has ever existed. I remember the deep pride he had when he told — PolitiTweet.org

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2/about him. First, he has the exact same build as Mike Tyson from his prime. Second, he is always smiling and positive. He radiates gratitude and he LOVES America. I’ve been lucky to get to know him and to spend enough time with him to know some of his story. We used to talk — PolitiTweet.org