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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      dzzzzooompic.twitter.com/cCfZYPiw6o

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Luke Thomas

      Again I’m not sure. His past TV appeal was based on camp. The audience was mostly laughing at him, not admiring him as he thought. His POTUS rhetorical style was based on whining and evasion and posturing which does not translate well to even Sean Hannity style commentary.https://twitter.com/LukeThinksShow/status/1324472590832861184 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Luke Thomas @LukeThinksShow
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      If he loses, he takes over OANN or Newsmax and immediately dethrones Fox as the leading cable news network.
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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      He likes to be the center of attention, not comment from the sidelines or merely own the media empire from the back room like Murdoch. Also note that a lot of his charisma is derived from being in office. It’s not clear to me his base will see him the same out of it.

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      When people go out on top on their own terms, like star athletes who retire at the right time, many doors are open. I think people are underestimating the effects of even a narrow loss all around. He’ll milk the “unfair theft” shtick for a while but it’s not a career.

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      I’m not writing him off. He’s more of a live player at 73 than I am at 47. Runs on pure bile which seems to act as an astonishing elixir of life for him. He’ll find some way to matter. It just won’t be the 2 obvious possibilities of offstage kingmaker in politics or media.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Michael Boudreaux

      True. The birther thing was a major kayfabe win. I’d expect something along those lines. Producer and booster of conspiracy theories. Maybe even documentaries like Al Gore.https://twitter.com/mkbdrx1/status/1324481815667761154 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Michael Boudreaux @mkbdrx1
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      His whole schtick previously was tweeting about Obama though. He can resume that with a much larger audience (cult) than he had
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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      Typo, I’ll be 46 in a few weeks not 47. Anyhow, still no news huh?

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      Pace of nothing happening is beginning to accelerate

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      If he wins with PA, it will be vindication of the value of technically correct and statsistically conservative strategy in a game with a long history. He bet on the boring play of rebuilding the Blue Wall that Trump breached in 2016. No fancy narrative. Just do the math right.

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    10. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      It would be poetic justice if a figurative “rebuilt wall” kept Trump from a second term. Tactical fumbles like the Latinos-against-Socialism stuff in Florida foreshadow future strategic concerns, but in the short term, betting on the proven strategy seems to have been wise.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted MUZK 黒い雨。BLACK RAIN。

      A good question in this context. I think "wise" political strategy in US elections is not just making historically data-driven decisions (that's merely smart), but also tuning out all massive noise levels about all sorts of things that just don't matter.https://twitter.com/muzkmuzkmuzk/status/1324526374736982016 …

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      MUZK 黒い雨。BLACK RAIN。 @muzkmuzkmuzk
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      define “wise”
      6:06 PM - 5 Nov 2020
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      • Tyler Laprade, CFA John Dulin Davis Everson-Rose Gordon Brander Scott Nicholson David o'Bedlam MUZK 黒い雨。BLACK RAIN。
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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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          This might be the first time I've noticed NYT baldly use the word "lies" in a headline about Trump instead of euphemisms like "claimed without evidence" ... has this happened before?pic.twitter.com/YPzLXu2Ifp

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Salman  🦊

          Nothing happening at go brrrr rates on CNNhttps://twitter.com/daretorant/status/1324497396848447491?s=21 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Salman  🦊 @daretorant
          me? oh just chillin on my couch with my friend the alert machine... yeah i’m SUPER relaxed how bout u pic.twitter.com/0citn4O0Ax
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        4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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          Getting bored by this. That’s a good sign. We’re not going back to normal, but we can potentially go back to boring for a while.

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        5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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          If Biden brings it home I would like to request an ASMR presidency. Happy little trees. Free Bob Ross painting kit for everyone with next stimulus check.

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        6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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          Oh I just realized Token Republican on CNN is Rick Santorum. This is a world I do rarely pay attention to I don’t know most of the players by face.

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        2. MUZK 黒い雨。BLACK RAIN。‏ @muzkmuzkmuzk Nov 5
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          i see, you mean in tactical strategy context.

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 5
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          Replying to @muzkmuzkmuzk

          Yeah, not in some abstract philosopher-king sense or grand strategy sense.

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