Today, political types were focused on Rev. Wright, remembering Americans Elect and having elevated discussion. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail.
Benjy Sarlin of Talking Points Memo had an interesting take on the “Ricketts Plan“
Obama's worst nightmare: Billionaire will dump cash into attacks. Romney's worst nightmare: It's the dumbest billionaire.
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Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) May 17, 2012After Americans Elect bowed out of the presidential race, Slate’s Dave Weigel was feeling wistful.
I remember running into the Americans Elect bus in South Carolina. A bus. Which they rented. For no candidate.
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(@daveweigel) May 17, 2012Huffington Post White House Correspondent Sam Stein and political consultant Liz Mair engaged in intellectual discourse.
LOLGOP had a warning for opponents of gay marriage.
Attention everyone who is against gay marriage: Anything you say will be used in a future documentary about how wrong you were.
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(@LOLGOP) May 18, 2012All of the talk about Reverend Wright and Kenya reminded Buzzfeed reporter Andrew Kaczynski of 2008.
Today's cool in it shows what Twitter would have looked like if it drove the conversation in the 2008 election. #Wright #Birthers
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Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 17, 2012Follow Hunter Walker on Twitter or via RSS. hwalker@observer.com
