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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Mar 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Harold Pollack

    Harold and Brad are among the two smartest liberal centrists I know. The fact they are both heading in this direction is significant.https://twitter.com/haroldpollack/status/1102682679496138753 …

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    Harold PollackVerified account @haroldpollack
    Brad DeLong captures the sentiment of many of us center-left policy wonks who spent much of our careers proposing reasonable policies that required or at-least presumed responsible center-right partner. We're kind of done with that, in light of experience https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/4/18246381/democrats-clinton-sanders-left-brad-delong …
    1:39 PM - 4 Mar 2019
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      2. Tom Watson‏Verified account @tomwatson 4 Mar 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Isn't liberal centrist a contradiction in terms? Had been for 100 years! (Agree they're smart writers).

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      3. Alvin Burney‏ @ThisBurnsForYou 4 Mar 2019
        Replying to @tomwatson @HeerJeet

        Pragmatism is the new centrism

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      1. Laurie Wagner‏ @laurie_wagner 4 Mar 2019
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        They’re stuck in the 90s, never fought anything like Trump or Russia, get a grip

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      1. William Lafi Youmans‏ @wyoumans 4 Mar 2019
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        Credit to DeLong for recognizing their moment has passed. If only the politicians of such stripes could abandon their politically untenable yet well-funded position.

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      1. Obama Gave Us Trump‏ @massliberal 4 Mar 2019
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        Would a “centrist” be more-properly labeled as “clever” rather than “smart”? I suppose “smartest centrist” is fine, as it’s relative.

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      2. Jack Shafer‏Verified account @jackshafer 4 Mar 2019
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        “Obama rolls into office with Mitt Romney’s health care policy...John McCain’s climate policy...Bill Clinton’s tax policy, and GHW Bush’s foreign policy...and did [any of them] say a single good word about anything Barack Obama ever did over the course of 8 solid years?"

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
      3. Jerry Skurnik‏ @PrimeNewYork 4 Mar 2019
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        Clinton didhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/clintons-speech-the-power-of-a-hug …

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      1. Amistad Shanks 🌹 ✡ 🌈‏ @AmistadShanks 4 Mar 2019
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        "Arise, ye prisoners of moderation! Arise, ye centrists of the earth!"

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      1. Taylor, posting his Ws‏ @TaylorRobot 4 Mar 2019
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        Importantly, support for social programs seems to curve along a mobius strip from the left to the right. Polling data shows that a large GOP bloc supports robust social welfare safeguards like MFA. The centrist fetish for fiscal restraint is falsely premised!

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      1. chris savage‏ @chris0s 4 Mar 2019
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        Those on the left should articulate the economic, moral, and political underpinnings of their proposals. Which they can do. Responsible folks to their right can then engage on the merits. And the others on the right can yell “Socialism! They want to steal your hamburgers!”

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