Today, political types were stuck in presidential traffic and having trouble sending @ messages. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail.
National Review Online news editor Daniel Foster had a rough commute thanks to President Barack Obama’s New York visit.
Not content with ny working hours, POTUS has to ruin my commute. 42nd Street shut down between 7th and 8th.
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Daniel Foster (@DanFosterNRO) June 04, 2012
Walter Kirn had trouble accepting tweeted congratulations from novelist Gary Shteyngart after he was named national correspondent at The New Republic.
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walter kirn (@walterkirn) June 04, 2012
Economist Justin Wolfers believes there’s a 33 percent chance everything will turn out alright.
1) 80% odds China avoids a hard landing 2) 60% chance of Euro-zone solution
3) 70% likely US avoids fiscal cliff
=>*Nothing* goes wrong =33%
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) June 04, 2012
Talking Points Memo’s Nick Martin did the math on a corruption case in Arizona.
Ex-Arizona Rep. Richard Miranda is going to prison for 27 months. That's 3 months longer than a term in the state House bit.ly/LgCl8T
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Nick Martin (@nickmartin) June 04, 2012
MSNBC reporter Mike O’Brien revealed what really matters to reporters on the campaign trail while covering the Wisconsin recall.
Give Walker credit for this: he's incredibly punctual, and has been fairly accessible to both local and national media.
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Mike O'Brien (@mpoindc) June 04, 2012
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