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Brendan Nyhan
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Brendan Nyhan

@BrendanNyhan

@Dartmouth political science professor & @UpshotNYT contributor. Before: CJR media critic, Spinsanity/All the President's Spin co-author. http://www.brendan-nyhan.com 

Joined October 2009
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    1. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      These norms are fragile precisely because, per @emilythorson, they are not formal or legal. And they are hard to restore once breached.

      139 retweets 216 likes
    2. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      No one person or institution is at fault for Trump. Everyone has their favorite monocausal explanation. They're all incomplete.

      124 retweets 193 likes
    3. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      We can sort through root causes later. Here's where we are: Someone could capture a major party nom who endorses violence & few seem alarmed

      371 retweets 444 likes
    4. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      I honestly thought our institutions were more robust to a Trump-like figure & that others in public life were more committed to dem. norms

      121 retweets 183 likes
    5. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      Brendan Nyhan Retweeted Matt Glassman

      We may narrowly avert disaster per below but even if we do, no one should congratulate themselves on a great victoryhttps://twitter.com/MattGlassman312/status/709176665646039040 …

      Brendan Nyhan added,

      Matt Glassman @MattGlassman312
      @BrendanNyhan so I'm not ready to blame the institutions. Yet. What we may see is resilient institutions handle this and avoid disaster.
      40 retweets 75 likes
    6. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      We're looking over the precipice and I mostly hear crickets. Trump could be on his way toward the GOP nomination after *Tuesday* night

      102 retweets 116 likes
    7. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      One reason: much of the "this will end soon..." rationalizing (which I once shared) has now shifted to general. No one should be comforted.

      87 retweets 128 likes
    8. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      A major party nomination is a powerful thing. Millions of people will instinctively support Trump. Many/most GOP pols will back him.

      112 retweets 126 likes
    9. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      General elections can be won and lost on chance swings in the economy or foreign policy crises. There are no guarantees at that point.

      115 retweets 145 likes
    10. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      And even if Trump loses, the exits he could prompt from the party could leave his sympathizers with control of a major party going forward

      78 retweets 107 likes
      Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

      Trumpism may yet be revealed as cult of personality with no staying power. He has no factional base or issue to realign party over long term

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      78 retweets 127 likes
        1. Brendan Nyhan ‏@BrendanNyhan Mar 13

          But no one should be comforted about the point we're at with Trump or what it has revealed about the health of our political system.

          104 retweets 173 likes
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        3. Jack Pitney ‏@jpitney Mar 13

          @BrendanNyhan Nightmare scenario for US: Trump & Clinton clinch nominations, then a new scandal or economic crash gives him a chance to win.

          3 retweets 18 likes
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        1. Shana Gadarian ‏@sgadarian Mar 13

          .@BrendanNyhan But he's brought immigration full spotlight again even after 2012 post mortem called for rethinking immigration

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        3. Brian Rosenwald ‏@brianros1 Mar 13

          @sgadarian @BrendanNyhan a bunch of responses to the tweet storm: 1. The establishment/elite courted this. They’ve spent decades feeding

          2 retweets 13 likes
        4. Brian Rosenwald ‏@brianros1 Mar 13

          @sgadarian @BrendanNyhan rhetorical red meat to the base, irregardless of how true it was. They didn’t smack down conspiracy theories, etc.

          2 retweets 18 likes
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        6. Brian Rosenwald ‏@brianros1 Mar 13

          @sgadarian @BrendanNyhan second, they willfully created a structure in which primary elections matter more & empower the bae.

          1 retweet 9 likes
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        8. Shana Gadarian ‏@sgadarian Mar 13

          @brianros1 @BrendanNyhan Some of this is about unintended consequences of rules

          0 retweets 7 likes
        9. Brian Rosenwald ‏@brianros1 Mar 13

          @sgadarian @BrendanNyhan yes, though to be clear, the systemic stuff to which I was referring was mostly gerrymandering. They’ve stuck

          0 retweets 6 likes
        10. Brian Rosenwald ‏@brianros1 Mar 13

          @sgadarian @BrendanNyhan people in districts where their first concern is a primary from the right. Hence the vote no, hope yes caucus.

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        12. Shana Gadarian ‏@sgadarian Mar 13

          @brianros1 @BrendanNyhan We always talk about fight or flight but what we've seen from elites this cycle is freezing. Can't or won't act.

          6 retweets 28 likes
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      3. sara mayeux ‏@saramayeux Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan otoh it could be even scarier to contemplate how someone w/more of a real program could exploit these vulnerabilities

        1 retweet 12 likes
      4. shyam ‏@shyam__bala Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan we live in the age of celebrity

        1 retweet 3 likes
      5. William D. Adler ‏@williamadler78 Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan unless he does well enough to maintain control of his people for another 4 years and do this again in 2020

        0 retweets 2 likes
      6. bwilliam46 ‏@bwilliam46 Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan The left presented Obama as the anointed one, and it's he, Obama, who's been sabotaging the US economy http://bit.ly/1WjONG6 

        0 retweets 1 like
      7. Curious Reptilian ‏@livebeef Mar 14

        @BrendanNyhan Keep telling yourself that :^)

        0 retweets 0 likes
        1. bwilliam46 ‏@bwilliam46 Mar 13

          @BrendanNyhan Video succinct appeal of realdonaldtrump. Obama & Democrats are incompetent, put US in debt! #GOPhttp://bit.ly/1P7Djjb 

          10:11 PM - 13 Mar 2016 · Details
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        1. bwilliam46 ‏@bwilliam46 Mar 13

          @BrendanNyhan (cc @cehoskinson) Obama's cult of personality has turned US into 'a nation of enablers'http://washex.am/1RgeBVx 

          10:02 PM - 13 Mar 2016 · Details
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      10. Eliza ‏@ElizQuake Mar 13 Arkansas, USA

        @BrendanNyhan Difficult to see how a President Trump would not be impeached in short order.

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      11. Ali Baba ‏@alibaba5826 Mar 13

        @BrendanNyhan True but HRC is doing everything to loose WH!!

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