Top Tweets: On the Campaign Trail Edition

Erik Hayden Oct 14, 2010
As congressional candidates hit the homestretch, the election news cycle picks up. But not every juicy tidbit makes its way into pundits' columns or blog posts. We've collected a few from today's political news fray for your reading pleasure.

Slate's John Dickerson is getting completely clotheslined by the McMahon-Blumenthal slugfest

Less than three weeks before those wrestling puns and analogies expire in the CT Sen. race.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck


Politics Daily's Matt Lewis thinks Harry Reid may have a better right jab
 

Sharron Angle's debate strategy tonight should be like Rocky I. (She doesn't necessarily need to "win," but she needs to "go the distance").less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone


Brian Beutler finds another reason for the man who was shot in the face to resent the former VP
 

EXCLUSIVE: Dick Cheney simply mistook Harry Whittington for Barack Obama's job-killing cap and trade bill.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck


Unlike the real candidate, Duncan Black wouldn't mind if a certain misspelling reflected his true identity
 

i wouldn't mind being Rich Whiteyless than a minute ago via TweetDeck


The Atlantic's Joshua Green sees little upside for Rich Iott


If your spokesman is emphasizing distinction between Nazis and SS, your candidacy is probably in trouble:http://politi.co/a2i3HQ #RichIottless than a minute ago via web


Delrayser finds a more common synonym for "invincible" that should probably not be applied to Rich Iott's campaign


The word "unblowupable" is thrown around a lot these days…less than a minute ago via web


 Paul Kedrosky takes notes on the capitalization style of DRUNKHULK...

Think of changing my Twitter ID to @PKEDROSKY. Feels more authoritative.less than a minute ago via Echofon


...while Politico's Jonathan Martin points out the upside, whatever your political sympathies, of November 3rd.

I hate to see campaigns end, but man will I be glad to have a cleaner in-boxless than a minute ago via ÜberTwitter


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