Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@brianros1 @madebyhistory @EKamarck @smgillon I'm a huge Mondale fan. But I think his model became unfairly discredited partly because of Carter's defeat and partly because even Mondale himself didn't follow it in picking his own running mate. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 31, 2020 Hibernated

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@brianros1 @madebyhistory Agree. But Mondale was an anomaly given the choices of Bush (runner-up to nomination), Ferraro (make history), Quayle (lightweight) and Bentsen (old regional balancing) in the 1980s. I'm with @EKamarck in her new book that the real VP transition was Gore. — PolitiTweet.org

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I've been convinced by the political science data analysis: Political VP picks (or any VP pick) don't move the needle for long in a presidential race. Most examples of VP's that affected the votes are negative like Palin. Best Biden can do is to make a serious pick and hope. — PolitiTweet.org

Another account documenting the ominously bad judgment swirling around Biden's VP thinking: the conclusion "he will… https://t.co/siuFy8M3gT

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