October 17, 2012

During last night’s presidential candidates’ debate, Heritage Foundation staff and experts were busy providing their expert analysis on social media. Below is a selection, in no particular order, of some of the top tweets–the most retweeted and favorited–from Heritage staff last night:

Fact: education staffing has far, far outpaced student enrollment since the 1970s is.gd/JB9ULU

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 17, 2012

Marriage: The Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty –> herit.ag/RahTth #Debate2012

— Paul D. Gallagher (@PaulDGallagher) October 17, 2012

Cut Planned Parenthood funding? Me too! herit.ag/V5yHyT #debates

— Jennifer A. Marshall (@MarshallJenA) October 17, 2012

Jeremy’s generation will pay $1,099 more in taxes in 2013 due to Taxmageddon. ow.ly/ex8v2 #Debate2012 #Debates

— Ryan Nichols (@JetSetterRyan) October 17, 2012

Want to know about women’s issues from a conservative women’s perspective? Look at @marshalljena ‘s paper heritage.org/research/comme… #Debate2012

— Sondra Clark(@SondraClark) October 17, 2012

If oil were subsidized like wind, it would get $50/bb from feds. herit.ag/ABVHrN

— David Kreutzer (@dwkreutzer) October 17, 2012

“Looking to the future” translation: I want you to pay more every time you fill up your car: blog.heritage.org/2012/10/11/wha… #debate2012

— Izzy Ortega (@IzzyOrtega) October 17, 2012

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