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Jonathan Martin Profile picture
@jmart
Jan 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
I went to the RNC winter meeting but found a parallel universe.

But don't take my word for it

“This room, they’re in denial, and that’s on the record,” said @billpalatucci

From Amelia Island >

nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/…
One RNC member took an informal survey of which (closed-door) speaker committee members preferred -- @KristiNoem or @NikkiHaley

The answer? Noem, bc she didn't criticize Trump as Haley did
important to note: the RNC had become more activist-dominated before Trump.

But from ‘18 on, his campaign really made it Trumpy, because they intervened in state party conventions to ensure state parties all cooperated to head off any primary threat against him last year.
See paragraph 2. This is the bet from a ‘24 candidate about what R voters want to hear.

thefederalist.com/2021/01/08/the…

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Nov 6
The blame game began shortly after dawn this am

And while Trump's victory may have a thousand fathers, Harris's defeat won't be an orphan

There's lots of blame to go around

My column:

politico.com/news/magazine/…
First, it was the height of irresponsibility for Biden to insist on running for reelection in his 82nd year. It was also an abdication of leadership by his advisers and elected Democrats to never even question his determination to seek a second term until he forced their hand with a catastrophic debate performance.

You know what ad would have replaced the trans surgery spot, had Biden not quit? An endless loop of his unintelligible answers at that debate.
Biden revived Harris’s career after her flop of a primary bid, kept her on the ticket this year despite her low approval ratings and then crowned her within minutes of dropping out of the race in July. With the Democrats’ next-generation talent on deck, Harris would never have been a competitive candidate for her party’s nomination had Biden not made her vice president in the first place.
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Aug 19
NEW: One party brings back David Plouffe, the other brings back Corey Lewandowski

As Chicago -- site of so many drama-filled conventions gets underway -- Dems have mostly snuffed out their drama.

I wrote on how Dems have become what Repubs used to be

politico.com/news/magazine/…
Democrats are a healthier, better organized, more hierarchical and even ruthless party. Unified against Trump more than they are dedicated to any ideological project, they’ve adopted what’s effectively an Al Davis platform: Just win, baby.

President Biden is finally going to give in? Get in line behind Harris — now.

The vice president is discarding her now-inconvenient left-wing proposals from her 2020 primary bid and airing tough-on-the-border ads? Nod.

She’s inviting a cast of Obama-era Democratic consultants onto the campaign she inherited from Biden? Salute.
After so many years in which our British cousins have adopted American political tactics, Democrats finally took a page from Westminster. When prime ministers struggle or become impediments to the party’s success, their colleagues abandon them or pressure them until they step down. It’s not personal, it’s business.
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Aug 7
NEW: On the vindication of VP’s comfort food pick, the first signs that she’s running in a general election + the shades-of-2008 moment last night that triggered Repubs

Oh, and one victory lap: I told Walz in Dec either he or Beshear would be Kamala’s running mate (he didn’t push back!)

My column from Phila >>

t.co/HDTpyIUwRW
The “only in America” line that triggered the “U-S-A” chant has some Dems wanting more

Including Wes Moore

He thinks Harris should drape her nominating convention later this month, literally and metaphorically, with the stars and stripes.

“This needs to be framed as a celebration of America,” Moore said of the Chicago conclave, urging Harris and Walz “to be unapologetic in speaking about their love of country.
Here’s that memorable Obama to- camera opening spot of the 2008 general I mentioned

This is peak inoculation politics

And. yes, a different time

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Jul 31
I had lunch in SF w WILLIE BROWN early last month

Then 6/27 happened

And we lived thru the World Willie Made

On the VP, GAVIN, PELOSI, MAXINE, TRUMP, KIMBERLY and more

Pull up a chair:

politico.com/news/magazine/…
He’s the most enduring Black political figure in America.

You can scarcely find a pol in either party - from LBJ and Pat Brown to Trump and Kamala - to which he doesn’t have a connection

He was elected to the Calif assembly 60 years ago this yr

And in Chi, he’ll be able to offer expert insight on the Democratic nominee - almost 2/3ds a century after he attended JFK’s convention
The story of how Kamala first met Trump involves Willie Brown, Trump Force One, Teterboro and Steve Wynn

Oh plus Harvard and the LA school district, where Trump wanted to build a west coast tower
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Feb 5
Now cometh the news cycle when Dems realize Biden is gonna avoid debates, hope they can pin it on Trump for not doing debate commission ones

This has, literally folks, been the Biden plan for a year.

They “believe that Trump or any other Republican nominee will be reluctant to work with the Commission on Presidential Debates, lessening the chances, and risk, of a head-to-head debate.”

politico.com/news/magazine/…
If ya don’t think somebody who’s skipping the super bowl pre game interview two years in a row - a massive free media opportunity - is looking to avoid any unforced errors you should pay closer attention
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Apr 4, 2023
Best part of this is how much it contrasts w Biden’s woeful history in Iowa, caucuses and general

He knows who brung him to the dance and it ain’t Iowa

espn.com/womens-college…
Would only be better if it was SOUTH CAROLINA that had won finals 🌴
…and here comes the Nola pushback
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