Peter Hamby

Chief National Correspondent @PuckNews. Snap + CNN alum. Board @ShorensteinCtr. Hoya. RVA homer. How Twitter changed politics:

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

The news is out: I’m joining Puck

[Matthew Bartlett @MRBartlettNH]

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[Sofia Haft @SofiaHaft]

When we would pitch campaigns in 2015 to turn the phone vertically to film people thought we were insane.

And… what do you MEAN the content will disappear in 24 hours?!

[Danielle Butterfield @likebutterfield]

OK but on a serious note, Democrats spent less than 50% of their media budgets on (trackable*) digital this cycle compared to TV. We should have been at 50% when this story was written in 2015...

Our party is still too slow to adapt to how voters consume media.... It makes me nervous for how we'll approach the next 2 years, when AI will change the internet faster than we've ever experienced.

*organic digital spend is not reported

[Leigh Ann Caldwell @LACaldwellDC]

Schumer is under more pressure as his leadership election approaches in early December. Sanders came out against him yesterday.
And I'm told that the timeline of his tenure is coming up in private conversations with senators as he calls his colleagues to shore up support
https://t.co/0lQCIVFWg1

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

I am enjoying all the Dem posts about the vertical video revolution in 2026

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

a lot of Republicans had the same take after the midterms:

Time to log off. The internet brain has to go. https://t.co/U1JRZBKycG @PuckNews

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

a lot of Republicans had the same take after the midterms:

Time to log off. The internet brain has to go. https://t.co/U1JRZBKycG @PuckNews

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

How big was the Dem win? They've driven Vivek offline

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

New @PuckNews

Did the midterms weaken JD Vance’s chances in 2028? Some activists and party insiders think so — as other Republicans feel more emboldened to test the waters

The catch: GOP voters still like Vance, even if MAGA got wiped out

https://t.co/U1JRZBKycG

[Puck @PuckNews]

After the midterm disaster, JD Vance looks vulnerable, and DeSantis, Hawley, Cruz, and others are eyeing 2028.

@PeterHamby has more: https://t.co/lO6glwXhe2

[Nick Field @nick_field90]

Republicans find themselves in a familiar position, many of them want to move on from Trump, but none have the courage to say that publicly https://t.co/PHpeisth6E

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

New on The Making of a President

The DNC's content and creator ninjas @paulinaVEVO and @MatthewARein on how Democrats revamped their voice online after 2024 - and started to throw punches at MAGA in your feeds

https://t.co/4kJrydhLPm @PuckNews

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

New @PuckNews

Did the midterms weaken JD Vance’s chances in 2028? Some activists and party insiders think so — as other Republicans feel more emboldened to test the waters

The catch: GOP voters still like Vance, even if MAGA got wiped out

https://t.co/U1JRZBKycG

[Paul Mitchell @paulmitche11]

An addendum to a dummymander.

Not only did TX Republicans spark Prop 50, for a final score of TX-0, CA-5, they also forced TX Dem legislators into the arms of @GavinNewsom for a national media event at the Gov Mansion.

One of those… standing right behind him @GinaHinojosaTX

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

@treeaston @jmart Markey vibes

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

Great question! As far as I can tell, this China ad aired for 8 days in Mississippi and had a grand total of ... $19,000 behind it.

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

Did this ad like actually run anywhere???

[Puck @PuckNews]

“Ken Paxton’s oppo book was longer than the bible.”

The DNC’s @paulinaVEVO and @MatthewARein join @PeterHamby on The Making of a President to reveal who their favorite Republicans to pick on were this election cycle.

Watch the full episode: https://t.co/4LNB9bEkXY

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

An important Ossoff/Georgia dynamic here:

Warnock is thinking about 2028, too. Can they both run from the same state? Probably not. And if Ossoff wants it, does he need Warnock green light first?

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

@Handle4Adam they had 10x more money

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

three nits with the complaints about DGA re: FL + TX spending

1) They had to go maximal in OH, NV, WI, AZ - especially with national donors/press obsessed with Senate races
2) They helped get Holscher over the finish line in KS
3) At the same time, FL/TX require massive spend

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

Multiple sources, Democratic and Republican strategists, tell @swin24 that Nixon and Jolly would have won if the Democrats invested in FL.

"All of them agreed – left or right – that Dems would have won in Florida, had the national powers-that-be put in more money and effort."

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

you will be shocked to learn that @paulinaVEVO hated the Troy Jackson / Boba tea discourse >

[Peter Hamby @PeterHamby]

New on The Making of a President

The DNC's content and creator ninjas @paulinaVEVO and @MatthewARein on how Democrats revamped their voice online after 2024 - and started to throw punches at MAGA in your feeds

https://t.co/4kJrydhLPm @PuckNews