via @DouthatNYT 's sobering new piece, an interesting flashback from 2000: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2000/09/why_bush_is_toast.html …
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@Mall8907@ByronYork@DouthatNYT@BuzzFeedBen whatever Bush was in September 00, he wasn't "toast."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Well, technically, by the polls -- i.e. snapshot of popular vote -- that wasn't completely incorrect.@jpodhoretz@DouthatNYT -
@RobGeorge@ByronYork@DouthatNYT he wasn't toast--would have won outright if not for late hit on DUI -
@jpodhoretz Maybe. There are other theories that DUI actually slowed impact of Dems Social Security hit.@ByronYork@DouthatNYT
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@ByronYork@jpodhoretz@DouthatNYT I needed to read that!!!! The Obama people are saying exactly the same thing. Wow!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Romney is not toast, but Obama is not a Kerry as a candidate or campaign. Bush analog better if ppl said Obama was toastThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork@jpodhoretz@DouthatNYT Also compare media coverage of the Obama bounce to that of the Bush bounce in 2004. Instructive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork@BuzzFeedBen The polls were right. Bush lost the popular vote. Which is why looking at national polls is pointless.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Well, he did lose the election
@BuzzFeedBen MT@ByronYork Slate, 9/14/00: 'Why Bush is Toast.' http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2000/09/why_bush_is_toast.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork@jpodhoretz@douthatnyt@mikewhelanjr no one expects the Supreme Court imposition! -
@BarkmanLawyer@ByronYork@jpodhoretz@DouthatNYT I assume the dig is at press' confidence in stark prognostication, not a guess at results.
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@ByronYork@jpodhoretz@DouthatNYT the wild swings in the polls he cited are astounding.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork@jpodhoretz@DouthatNYT Well he kind of would have been toast but for a technicality.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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