python 的にはこんなんでどうか

for s in status:
   if s.text.startswith("RT"):
      recent_tweet = s.text
      break
   else:
      print "The following tweet would be posted by hand, so skipped it."
      print "Tweet: " + s.text.encode('utf8')
      print
else:
  recent_tweet = 'None'
     
print "Recent Tweet: "+recent_tweet.encode('utf8')