A fine feed of tweets is a buttery blend of headlines, punchlines and shoptalk. But the conditions must cooperate to provide consistency.
This week we tasted the acetic bite of Scott Walker and the forces of Koch prevailing in Wisconsin combined with the oaky levity of the Romney campaign’s ever-goofier gaffes. Then a tart surprise as Mitt had outraised the President with the help of the RNC. Yet we were left with a pleasing aftertaste when Nate Silver of the New York Times emerged with his legendarily accurate predictive model for the presidential election.
Here are the best tweets of the week:
Congrats to UK on Queen’s Jubilee. One of the greatest bands ever.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) June 3, 2012
Does he know what else people call him? RT @HuffPostPol: Trump: “Birther” is a “derogatory term” huff.to/M5nr0Y
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) June 5, 2012
SOURCES: In #Romney‘s Next Ad, Mitt Is Dressed Up in a Police Uniform, Pulls Obama Over and Asks to See His Papers nationalmemo.com/did-young-mitt…
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 7, 2012
If Michelle Bachmann was Mitt Romney’s running mate, Obama would win independents in Minnesota 61%-26%. publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/06/o…
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) June 7, 2012
Welcome to the Citizens United States of America. #WIrecall
— GottaLaff (@GottaLaff) June 6, 2012
You know an interview’s going well when the source reminds you have much time you have left
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) June 7, 2012
BREAKING: Mitt Romney raises $77 million from investors for corporate buyout of America.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 8, 2012
If you ignore big blanks in his policy proposals, and take Romney at his word, he’ll destroy the economy wapo.st/KRINCw
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 7, 2012
Who will explode first, Romney from pretending he doesn’t love Obamacare, or Boehner from pretending he doesn’t hate his party?
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) June 7, 2012
We’ve updated our model with today’s data. Obama 61.6% to win Electoral College (down from 61.8% this AM). http://nyti.ms/cdQdn6
— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) June 7, 2012
RT @ByronYork: Ohio: 49 to 33 against private equity. Florida, 47-40.ow.ly/brNWL
— davidfrum (@davidfrum) June 8, 2012
The greatest crime or the greatest crime? RT @thedailybeast: Romney Campaign Misspells Reagan thebea.st/MKCvHo
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) June 7, 2012
