Tweets of the Week
The Crystal Ball’s Tweets of the Week is a look back at the highlights of the past week in politics in snippets of 140 characters or less. To get this analysis as soon as news breaks, follow University of Virginia Center for Politics Director, and Crystal Ball founder, Larry Sabato on Twitter by clicking here. 10:46 AM Dec 4th: New Rasmussen SC poll shows 66 percent believe Gov. Sanford’s ethics are at least as good as most pols. Sad. Cynical. Also not true. 10:48 AM Dec 4th: I believe a fair sample of pols and a fair sample of general public would reveal about the same level of sin. Pols really do represent us. 11:06 AM Dec 4th: “Wave” senators, first elected in good years for their party, always have to sweat out election number 2. Only the strong survive. And the lucky. 10:03 AM Dec 5th: My far-flung UVA friends will want to know that Mr. Jefferson’s Lawn is being covered with snow–the big fat flakes we all love. Pristine. 10:23 AM Dec 5th: Back to politics: New Mason-Dixon poll shows Mayor Oscar Goodman(I) of Las Vegas winning 3-way GOV race w/Brian Sandoval(R) and Rory Reid(D). 10:25 AM Dec