If you find the Rob Ford phenomenon bewildering, @HeerJeet is off on one of his great tweet-essays on Ford's appeal to non-white voters.
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Replying to @theturner
@theturner@HeerJeet@MikePMoffatt Yeah…except he’s treating it like a new tactic when Ford already won those votes in 2010?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @colbycosh
@colbycosh@MikePMoffatt 2010 campaign aimed at much broader audience. Think@HeerJeet is parsing a long-shot non-white-focused '14 strategy1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @theturner
@theturner@colbycosh@MikePMoffatt Yeah, there's been shift in Ford's argument towards narrower base.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@theturner@MikePMoffatt As far as I can make out, Ford’s base in 2010 was car owners & nonwhites. Has he given up the car owners?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @colbycosh
@HeerJeet@theturner@MikePMoffatt It seems to me he’s trying to finesse the new information we have about him with the same voters as b4.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @colbycosh
@HeerJeet@theturner@MikePMoffatt People not realizing how well he already did with immigrants seems like a big reason for the bewilderment2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@colbycosh @theturner @MikePMoffatt I live 1/3rd of year in Rexdale (Rob Ford central) and my sense of this is slightly different.
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