Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Tweets of the Week

Larry J. Sabato: Tweets of the Week

1:24 PM Jul 16th: Today the Richmond Times-Dispatch apologized editorially for its role in Massive Resistance. Late but welcome and heartfelt. Worth reading.

8:42 PM Jul 17th: Just returned from Massive Resistance event. Absolutely moving. Some wounds are still there after 50 yrs. Will air on C-SPAN–see listings.

8:48 PM Jul 17th: Appropriate that Cronkite died when we are commemorating 40th anniversary of moon landing. He was our guide and his enthusiasm was infectious.

8:33 PM Jul 18th: Could health care be the Waterloo for 2 D POTUS? Like Clinton, Obama is finding that health care is as much a 3rd rail as Social Security.

8:36 PM Jul 18th: Obama’s advantage is Clinton’s ‘93 disaster. If he scales back and adjusts proposal, reducing tax bite and debt, Big O might still pull it off.

1:17 PM Jul 19th: God is making Sanford “a better and more effective leader.” What a crock! Where’s the period of penance OUT OF OFFICE before forgiveness?

1:18 PM Jul 19th: Count on the gullibility of SC voters to give Sanford a pass. Meanwhile, he draws a paycheck for no work. Sounds like a welfare queen to me.

11:07 AM Jul 20th: So far in ‘09, an odd role reversal has happened. NJ is heavily Blue, but Christie (R) is doing better than McDonnell (R) in Purple VA.

11:10 AM Jul 20th: GOP is so desperate for win in NJ they let Christie endorse Sotomayor. If McDonnell tried that in VA, he’d be incinerated by R right-wing.

5:03 PM July 21st: In NJ Chris Christie is getting raves for picking Kim Guadagno for Lt. Gov. She checks lots of boxes for GOP.

6:09 PM July 21st: If Christie and McDonnell are the kinds of R’s who can win, the nuts pushing the ‘Obama’s-not-a-citizen’ line are the opposite. Get over it!