Bill Scher

@billscher

Contributing Editor, | Contributor, Real Clear Politics | Senior Writer, | 'execrable writer'

Northampton, MA
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Joined March 2008
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    Dec 10

    The "Secure the Border!" crowd pretty chill about foreign interference in our elections.

    51 replies 1,824 retweets 2,374 likes
  2. 4 hours ago

    White House faces exodus of foreign policy experts ahead of Trump's arrival

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  3. 5 hours ago

    How Donald Trump’s Election Has Helped Me Decide to End My National Radio Show (By )

    25 replies 13 retweets 23 likes
  4. Dec 17

    This take from is correct and should be more widespread. The Rust Belt is not impoverished, people.

    More focus on development policy for poor regions is a good idea but would help Appalachia / Deep South not the industrial Midwest.
    12 replies 41 retweets 83 likes
  5. Dec 17

    Now I have to rewatch I-III

    the plot line about people's anger over trade policy bringing an evil emperor to power was oddly prescient
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  6. Dec 17

    The sad irony is those who screamed "American Exceptionalism" the loudest made us a global laughingstock

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  7. Dec 17

    Before/After

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  8. Dec 17

    Not so much "there's only one president at time" talk out of this transition

    It's really extraordinary -- and in many ways dangerous -- for a President-elect to repeatedly butt in like this on delicate foreign policy.
    2 retweets 8 likes
  9. Dec 17

    "I didn't know the Watergate break-in made McGovern pick Eagleton"

    The whole "didn't know Russia made Hillary stay away from X state" line is so stupidly oversimplistic.
    3 replies 41 retweets 80 likes
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    • Tim Vercellotti
      @timverc

      Professor of Political Science and Director of the Polling Institute at Western New England University

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      Documentary film at the crossroads of the 2016 presidential race and grassroots movements for economic & social justice.

  11. Dec 17

    This includes very good advice on writing in general

    Want to write for us? This is where you start
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  12. Dec 17

    OMB pick Mick Mulvaney in 2011 wanted 'Cut, Cap, Balance' in return for a debt limit hike. Voted no on deal & dismissed warnings of default:

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  13. Dec 17

    Starting Jan. 20, no fixy-tweety. Even the misspelled ones go to National Archives

    China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unprecedented act.
    33 replies 157 retweets 337 likes
  14. Dec 17

    This is the clearest example in years of what real election rigging looks like

    NC GOP: Ran in illegal districts Suppressed black votes Now stripping constitutional powers from Dem governor
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  15. Dec 17

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  16. Dec 17

    Trump did better than Romney in IA, MI, OH, PA. But not Wisconsin. Trump dipped 0.19%. But HRC tanked: 14.7% drop from Obama.

    In the 5 northern blue-to-red states: Trump: 701,842 more than Romney Clinton: 1,200,433 fewer than Obama
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  17. Dec 17

    Swing states, now & future, where Clinton performed better than Obama AZ: +13.3% FL: +6.3% GA: +5.8% TX: +17.2%

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  18. Dec 17

    In the 5 northern blue-to-red states: Trump: 701,842 more than Romney Clinton: 1,200,433 fewer than Obama

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  19. Dec 17

    Both Clinton & Trump performed worse than Obama & Romney, relative to the growth in the eligible voter population

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  20. Dec 17

    "Holding him accountable" is digging into phony pronouncements & revealing truth, not offering a platform to browbeat & steamroll reporters

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    “I think it will be up to the media to kind of hold him accountable & make sure he does hold a press conference.” -- on Trump
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  21. Dec 16

    This argument by NC GOP is equivalent of Obama decreeing Trump has to keep O's cabinet b/c it's done such a good job

    49 replies 629 retweets 665 likes

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