Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@BytePatent You’re over-reacting. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@BytePatent Despite the craziness of the Trump hardcore, the Pennsylvania legislature is not going to appoint its own electors and the networks did not let Trump get away with declaring victory on Election Night. That was what my article was mostly about. Thanks for reading. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

All I can think of are Japanese soldiers on tiny Pacific atolls who refused to believe that the Emperor had ever surrendered. — PolitiTweet.org

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I am so embarrassed that I ever took the time to learn how to spell Michele Bachmann's name correctly. — PolitiTweet.org

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I guess it was time to quarantine Trump's fact-free legal strategy. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rschles: And if you like the Twitter thread, read the book! 13/13 https://t.co/5vOdf0QPhb — PolitiTweet.org

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@gpurcell @kausmickey Don't think there are any states that still allow straight-ticket voting without ticking every box. There used to be a party lever on old-time voting machines in organization states like Indiana and Connecticut. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DickPolman1 At Yankee Stadium. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is so awe-inspiring, especially the "Saboteur" role. But I hate to mention that the Yankees lost the 1926 World Series to the Cardinals. But the Yankees did win the opening game at the Stadium when Herb Pennock pitched a 3-hitter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mike_littwin Their original plan was the take the van marked DNC to confound the Republicans, but somebody forgot to fill the gas tank. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks so much for digging this one out. I was always fond of this piece that argued that cultural factors are more important than economics for many investment bankers just as much as they are for the white working class in, say, Kansas. — PolitiTweet.org

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A wonderful and well-deserved appreciation of @maggieNYT, whose tabloid-inspired reporting style is a far cry from the long-ago New York Times of, say, James Reston. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mseyfang Thanks. I have long been intrigued by the effect of early voting on down ballot results. — PolitiTweet.org

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Headline on Eric Trump fund-raising email: “My Father. He needs your help.” Editing suggestion: The word “your” should be cut. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GerkenB Not necessarily. But I confess I am felling my way here. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EJKessler God do I miss the criunxg of old time lever machines. — PolitiTweet.org

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@kausmickey Question is how well Biden did when all the votes are counted. Hints that he may have the biggest popular vote percentage margin than anyone in this century other than Obama in 2008. I will confess that I am feeling my way here based on incomplete information. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GenCounselWolf My only guess is that Biden's attorney general will be somebody less overtly partisan. — PolitiTweet.org

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@theblatt And Kimba. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinMKruse More like the deadlines are looming and we must advance the story. — PolitiTweet.org

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All I can say is that I wrote stories like this for Time in 1992 on Clinton’s Cabinet and I was almost always wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

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A tentative theory: Ballot-rolloff is greater than normal this year because the Biden campaign pushed early voting by mail -- and a larger than usual number of voters didn't feel that they knew enough about down-ballot races to vote on them. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JournalYear: Nuanced and perfectly on target. Shapiro has been doing the best commentary of this historic and often terrifying election… — PolitiTweet.org

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@SarahbaxterSTM The Dole campaign for its final fly-around gave out baseball caps to the press with the inscription, "96 Hours to a White House Beat." It was both funny and poignant since everyone knew that Dole was destined to lose. — PolitiTweet.org

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From Bob Dole's 1996 concession speech: "I don't want anybody to pass out here, but I also want to thank all the media that traveled with me on the plane." https://t.co/U41DxSntzJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BeschlossDC: Nowhere near the top of the list of priorities, but hope that if the Bidens enter the White House in January, they will co… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tripgabriel: Looking forward to all the Fox journos visiting farm-to-table restaurants in the Atlanta suburbs to understand the forgott… — PolitiTweet.org

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I did a series of articles on Cabinet picks when I covered Bill Clinton for Time in 1992. My articles and the conventional wisdom were wrong on 90% of them. Don’t get ahead of the story. — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s glorious and dead-on. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@jamesoliphant I haven't worked for a news magazine since the 1992 campaign. But it amazes me how deeply their special language of cliches is embedded in my brain. — PolitiTweet.org