Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I hate the non-stop gimmickry of Manfred-era baseball. But here's the latest headline from MLB's news (?) reporting: "Excitement builds for Field of Dreams Game." Be still my beating heart. https://t.co/sVLiGmz8jn — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ClydeHaberman On days when you don't make this public service announcement about the dead-end road in Gracie Mansion, I will. It is the Joe DiMaggio of political streaks -- the epic historical failures of ambitious NYC mayors. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I am saddened by the death of Rand Araskog, the reformist former CEO of ITT after the scandal-filled 1970s. Araskog in a startling commitment to openness allowed a Washington Post reporter (me) to accompany him everywhere as he lobbied Washington in 1980. https://t.co/xkBkzBP2EO — PolitiTweet.org

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@Deoliver47 @powellnyt @LizKrueger I covered that race. It was a hard district for a Democrat without a 2018-style wave. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ZephyrTeachout @powellnyt @LizKrueger You deserve it. I am proud I voted for you in 2014. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Thanks to @dianefeldman for some of the smartest advice I have read anywhere about how GOP governors can encourage vaccinations. https://t.co/99SgNx86RF — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@powellnyt @LizKrueger Funny how that is. It is amazing how brave pols can be when it is finally time to pounce on the wounded. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is an afternoon to salute Zephyr Teachout and Cynthia Nixon for their oft-derided efforts to challenge Cuomo when it truly mattered. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mtomasky: Social progress: You can't do what he did and expect to survive as a Democrat in 2021. This is a good thing. https://t.co/jfN… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@p_m_robinson Dramatizing your point — I am tweeting from Martha’s Vineyard. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I am hoping for a minute by minute account of how de Blasio got the news. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pataki nostalgia. — PolitiTweet.org

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Gotta to know when to fold them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Yay. And double yay. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Sams1stDaughter My apologies. If I had it to do over again, I would remove “over-hyped” from the original tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I fear that the over-hyped Y2K threat was the last thing in human existence that turned out to be much less scary than the experts had predicted. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@GreggJLevine I understand the risk. But I remain hopeful about the Delta variant over time. We are still 15 months to the 2022 elections. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t want to read this story or learn the details. Just imagining it has made my afternoon. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@GreggJLevine Biden economy is already a major plus for 2022. And the hope is that the pandemic will be a plus as well. Those are visceral life and death issues. They’re not process. But I admit that I tend to regard Dr. Panglossian as a pessimist. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GreggJLevine Unrelated. Bipartisanship helps with affluent suburban voters in 2022. Organizing, rage and Black heroism overcomes voter suppression. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benjamin_oc Read “Inside Europe” first. It is unbelievably prescient about Hitler for 1936. Gunther couldn’t get an interview with the Fuhrer. But Mussolini gave him oodles of time. Gunther as a result is soft on Il Duce. There is a journalistic moral there. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@benjamin_oc I have pretty much the full set, including the post-war “Inside Europe Today,” which I have picked over the years all at used book sales. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @JillDLawrence: 67-27 Senate breaks filibuster on bipartisan infrastructure package. How'd they get to yes? Political negotiations are a… — PolitiTweet.org

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@GiniaNYT @KathaPollitt Really well done column. Totally agree. Why do Democrats romanticize thugs? — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Is anyone monitoring tan suit sales in stores today? Hopefully with an emphasis on swing states. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MHackman I don’t own a car but I am just thrilled to get twice daily warnings that my auto warranty is about to expire. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

This has been a comic constant with the Times for decades. The great Tony Lukas titled his 1970 book on the Chicago Seven trial with the euphemism the Times required that he use for bullshit: "The Barnyard Epithet." — PolitiTweet.org

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@MollyJongFast Matilda. — PolitiTweet.org

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Cuomo is behaving as if he expects a reprieve from the Governor. — PolitiTweet.org

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@laura_lrnzo Perfect. — PolitiTweet.org