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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      4. I thought money was going to be Cruz's big hurdle, so interested to learn he's raised $31 million.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      5. Press partially underrates Cruz because of tea party association. They think tea party is last years news.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      6. One reason to be bullish on Cruz is the importance of debates. In 2012, Gingrich out performed expectations due to strong debate persona

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      7. Usually, if a right-wing pol is under-rated by the national press, there is a counter-narrative offered by conservative press. Not so now

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      8. With a few exceptions, the conservative press shares the skepticism towards Cruz, in part because he's alienated party elite.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      9. The conservative press seems more integrated than ever with GOP elite, less in tune with grass roots sentiment. Already evident in 2012.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      10. As for Paul getting too much attention, it's important to make a distinction between what is significant and what is interesting.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      11. The job of the press is to cover what is significant AND also be interesting. Hard to do. Sometimes have to be one or the other.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      12. Arms control hugely significant but not very interesting. Black/blue dress not significant but hugely interesting.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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      13. Rand Paul is probably not significant (almost zero chance of nomination) but he is hugely interesting. He's the black/blue dress of GOP

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015

      14. For a national Republican politician to talk about war on drugs and mass incarceration of blacks -- that's surely interesting.

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        2. Asher Mercer‏ @urban_asher 11 Apr 2015
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          @Maggyw519 @HeerJeet one can easily argue that WoD and mass incarceration undoes any benefit gained by civil rights laws

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        2. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 10 Apr 2015
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          @HeerJeet isn't that also significant? Isn't it significant for an ambitious Republican to challenge interventionism too?

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        3. Lorne‏ @LornestoToledo 10 Apr 2015
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          @conor64 @HeerJeet In fairness, he's also been cozying up to the interventionist camp.

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        1. Downpuppy, since 1783‏ @Downpuppy 10 Apr 2015
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          @HeerJeet Very interesting - but shtupid. /Shultz Talk is cheap.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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          15. Like his father, Rand Paul is an anomalous figure in USA politics. And for that reason alone gets (quite reasonably) press attention.

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        3. Brian Ted Jones‏ @briantedjones 10 Apr 2015
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          @HeerJeet The calendar gives Cruz a lot of advantages. Super Tuesday is FL/MA/OK/TN/VT/VA/TX.

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        2. Norm Wilner‏Verified account @normwilner 10 Apr 2015
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          @HeerJeet But who's he talking TO, in terms of Republican voters? That's what I've never understood.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Apr 2015
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          @normwilner The fundies & Tea Partiers who think GOP establishment is just using them.

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        1. Tom McIntosh‏ @proftomuofr 10 Apr 2015
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          @HeerJeet Not really, they generally speak in favour of the first & express indifference towards the second

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