Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

With the triumph of India Walton, a Socialist in Buffalo, I want to take a moment to revive historical memories of Jasper McLevy, the penny-pinching Socialist mayor of Bridgeport, CT, for a quarter of a century ending in 1957. https://t.co/rbPVSfN2aS — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@GenCounselWolf Yang isn't hereditary royalty even when played by Peter Sellers. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EBOlady @KevinMKruse I think galluses are braces worn by Southern senators wearing seersucker. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinMKruse @jbf1755 @AdamHDomby Gallluses are always in fashion. — PolitiTweet.org

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Totally true. Why did anyone believe that the guy who got 2.8% in NH in 2020 wouldn’t fade in the stretch? — PolitiTweet.org

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What does Andrew Yang run for next? Prime minister of Freedonia? Mayor of Luckenbach Texas? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ddayen @pareene Most of the civil rights filibusters were on the motion to take up the bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveRattner @MaureenWhite And we had the temerity to expect people to go from the Vineyard to Rochester in August. And we vividly remember who made the trek. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveRattner @MaureenWhite We arrive on August 2nd. Seriously, I remember the wedding well and it seems like...well...maybe the day before yesterday. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveRattner @MaureenWhite So much happiness and so many happy memories. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ndhapple I feel like they spent $6,000 on robocalls to my landline alone. — PolitiTweet.org

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@paulaptlb I was half joking. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RossBarkan Damn. I missed my rendezvous with destiny by voting down that block an hour earlier. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

What about DC Dreamers? Children who were brought to Washington by their parents at an age where they didn't have a choice. — PolitiTweet.org

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@imillhiser That wins the morning. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JamesWetzler9 Dirty little secret: I gave up after the 3rd round for borough president. And second dirty little secret: I'm not sure if I remember who my third choice was -- and I voted at 11:00. — PolitiTweet.org

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@p_m_robinson Let's just say that I hate ranked choice voting since I ended up feeling confused rather than empowered. (For general elections, it would also encourage self funders to run outside political parties). But given all that, NYC is actually decently governed compared to most cities. — PolitiTweet.org

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@p_m_robinson I honestly have no idea. My strong sense is that Yang peaked after voters started to take the primary seriously. But after that, I'm baffled. I'm not even sure that we can extrapolate anything from the first-ballot results released tonight unless it seems like a runaway. — PolitiTweet.org

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Time spent figuring out my complete ranked-choice NYC ballot: 10 hours, 37 minutes. Time that I will spend thinking about the non-mayoral results (whenever they arrive): 53 seconds. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ricredman @JamesFallows I fondly remember Jim and Deb as a log married couple in...err...1973. Congratulations. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Taniel What an optimistic timetable. — PolitiTweet.org

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@StuPolitics When I read that deGrom allowed a hit, I immediately assumed that the Mets were losing 1-0. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mightymemo Quick explanation — Because secular Jews are the NYC voters who care the most about politicians catering to the hyper-religious. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CharlotteAlter In the second season, Big Pussy is exiled from the group for being overheard praising Dylan’s transition to an electric guitar. — PolitiTweet.org

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My second robo call in two days claiming that Adams and Yang will not crack down on the lack of non-religious education in hyper-Orthodox schools. Robo call is clearly aimed at secular Jews. And, of course, the caller slurred the name of the group that was sponsoring it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ndhapple Of course, you're right. But I do think the number of returned absentee ballots will be more in the 50-75% range. But, like everything else in this cockamamie election, who the hell knows. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ndhapple Do we have prior histories both in NYC and elsewhere on what percentage of absentee ballots are returned? My guess is that it would be somewhere in the 50%-75% range. And remember some would-be absentees may have voted early instead. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Profepps My ballot box overflows with thanks for the precise wording. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Jopurn I see your argument. I voted against Ranked Choice Voting in the city referendum where it passed 3-to-1. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Skeffington, Skeffington. Cast you vote for Skeffington. He's the man with the plan." Or some such. Yes, it is overdone and the novel is much better but I do love Spencer Tracy as the machine mayor who stayed one election too many. — PolitiTweet.org