Today, political types were having Ivy League beefs, experiencing bad trips and correcting typos. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail.
A Twitter account purportedly belonging to Estonian President Toomas Ilves had a beef with Paul Krugman.
Guess a Nobel in trade means you can pontificate on fiscal matters & declare my country a "wasteland". Must be a Princeton vs Columbia thing
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toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) June 06, 2012
Politico’s Ginger Gibson had a bad trip.
The Romney press trip to TX qualifies as a disaster. Can't wait to get out of this state!
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Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) June 06, 2012
The Atlantic politics writer Molly Ball pointed out Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski made a spelling mistake in a Tweet mocking Mitt Romney for making a spelling mistake.
@BuzzFeedAndrew Misspelling "data" in yr tweet not helping yr case, bud
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Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 06, 2012
Hypervocal enjoyed hearing Chuck Grassley’s ringtone.
His ringtone: "Hey Ya." Weird. RT @buzzfeedandrew: RT @dfriedman33: Chuck Grassley's iPhone just went off while ... speaking on Senate floor
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(@hypervocal) June 06, 2012
Fake Shelly Silver has a strategy for avoiding Mayor Bloomberg’s sugary beverage ban.
Seltzer. I drink seltzer.
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Fake Sheldon Silver (@ShellySilver) June 06, 2012
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