Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@PhilipTerzian Don't forget Neil Bush: https://t.co/TfHCdAaLX7 — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MattLesser @ktumulty That why I joined Twitter -- to discover that I had more clout (non-Babe Ruth variety) than even I had expected. Luckily, Norwalk came through by allowing me a thoroughly mediocre performance in the PONY League. But I am honored by your support in this noble cause. — PolitiTweet.org

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@triciaenright @ktumulty Rub it in. You weren't there to see me desperately looking for my name in agate type in the Norwalk Hour when rosters were announced. It was the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ktumulty There were certain decisions in Norwalk, Connecticut, about who was good enough to play on a Little League team that I think are also worthy of SCOTUS attention. — PolitiTweet.org

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@polguru "The dream shall never die..." — PolitiTweet.org

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@BillsMafia1985 Same can said, surprisingly, for GA and AZ which are also not on the list. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BillsMafia1985 I'm not counting Eastern states with GOP governors like NH, VT, MA and MD. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BillsMafia1985 Yeah, I thought of the Tom Miller factor, as well. — PolitiTweet.org

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Still thrilled that GOP-run states Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Ohio and Wyoming haven't joined. — PolitiTweet.org

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For the record, Maine had gone Republican in five straight elections before 1936. The phrase "As goes Maine..." relates to Maine voting for president in September so the state became a meaningless bellwether like Dixville Notch, NH. That said, the Trump law suit is nonsense. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScottMcConnell9 We are talking about a deputy press secretary acting on his own. And I assume that you agree that posting bail is a legal activity. — PolitiTweet.org

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Boy is that an epic reach. A deputy press secretary, using his own money, donated to a group that provided bail money (a totally legal action) to protesters in Minneapolis. The deputy press secretary had no known role in choosing the recipients of the bail fund. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol I make that decision every day, so I respect your call. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol Actually, I hope Mike DeWine would never sign. The other three may be simply slow in-box checkers. — PolitiTweet.org

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I note the absence of such GOP-governed states as Idaho, Iowa, Ohio and Wyoming. I hope they simply refused rather than still debating their inclusion. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WallyReed10 Thanks for the kind words and remembering my USA Today column. If you want to keep up with me, I'm on the staff of @newrepublic and I write a regular column for @rollcall. — PolitiTweet.org

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If Austin is now a civilian, then maybe Kamala Harris shouldn't continually call him "General Austin." Austin himself said he was now just Lloyd Austin. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rschles JFK in 1960 lost Ohio, Florida and California to boot. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Olivianuzzi @CarlosLozadaWP Follow your instincts — avoid “helm” unless you’re taking charge of a ship in a storm. — PolitiTweet.org

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I expect by tomorrow, Trump will threaten to back primary challengers to Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hell of a big question for 50 million Americans. — PolitiTweet.org

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Does America under Trump qualify as a "poorer country"? — PolitiTweet.org

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Never forget that Chuck Schumer worries about being primaried from the left in 2022. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brooks_rosa: If a waiver is granted so soon after Mattis, it will eviscerate the statutory requirement of a seven year cooling off peri… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenhorRaposa: Seems like a bad idea if we keeping waving the law barring recently retired military officers from serving as Defense Sec… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brooks_rosa: Nothing but respect for Lloyd Austin, but picking another 4 star so recently retired that he needs a congressional waiver… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol Having to get the waiver through the Congress complicates things. And I am impressed by the strong negative reaction to this choice on civilian control issues from @JamesFallows to @brooks_rosa. — PolitiTweet.org

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Every normal president has one problem appointee. This could be the first time that we have a major flap over the Defense Secretary since John Towerbin 1989. — PolitiTweet.org

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I agree that this is important. And I doubt that a recent general, no matter how respected, is the only person capable of running the Pentagon. I hope that Jack Reed, who seems to have made this a cause, will hold firm against the Biden choice. — PolitiTweet.org

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Exhibit A of what happens when you have an incompetent government: "Pfizer may not be able provide more of its vaccine to the United States until next June because of its commitments to other countries, they said." https://t.co/pDGSSoJZTD — PolitiTweet.org