Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Rather large indictment of Al Gore in 2000 that he deliberately played down his signature issue and didn’t run ads about it. — PolitiTweet.org

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This wrong-headed quote got to me: "Elections are usually 'called' long before the votes are actually counted. Seeking to scoop the other major news outlets, TV networks collaborate with exit polling firms to be the first to declare a winner in each race." — PolitiTweet.org

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A rightwing group is mocking Kamala Harris as "a Commie without conviction." Every hardcore Marxist I knew during the 1960s believed the party line too much -- and not too little. A Commie without conviction is like an "atheistic evangelical Christian." https://t.co/jJUlfgfJLs — PolitiTweet.org

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This may be my favorite ad video that the Lincoln Project has produced. Even topping “Mourning in America.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@kausmickey At what point in 1984 did you realize that the Hollings campaign was over? — PolitiTweet.org

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@TomSquitieri Damn. I should have realized it. I also loved the Tom Eagleton vs Spiro Agnew debate in 1972. — PolitiTweet.org

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@kausmickey Do let me know when it’s permissible. I have a much longer playlist. — PolitiTweet.org

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This seems like a perfect evening to offer an ode to the Trump presidency. Spoiler alert: It's Bob Dylan singing, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." https://t.co/buDyP5xLAo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: .@MrWalterShapiro: Until recently, the greatest superspreader event in US history was a Sept. 1918 Liberty Loan parade… — PolitiTweet.org

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@TomSquitieri A major reason was that it didn't happen. First VP debate was in 1976 with Bob Dole raging about "Democrat Wars" like World War II. — PolitiTweet.org

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Could somebody remind me why we are having the VP debate in person. The third Kennedy-Nixon debate was split screen with Nixon in LA and JFK in NY. Why are they in Utah, which is not exactly a model of a swing state? — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, what's amazing is that Cuomo isn't content that he has won and de Blasio is blithely unaware that he has lost badly. — PolitiTweet.org

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Non-snarky answer: It is such a low base that it would be almost impossible to tell. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KenSherrill @NormOrnstein No 1960s college sociology course would be complete without that book. — PolitiTweet.org

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You will admit that three Republican senators with the virus is not an encouraging sign. Or do you think it is just random coincidence? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MrWalterShapiro: From my @rollcall column: "Monday afternoon, McConnell declared that it was 'full steam ahead' on the Barrett nominati… — PolitiTweet.org

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@MilliganSusan Important inquiry: How did you get "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" out of your head? After 28 years since the first Clinton campaign, I'm still struggling. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks. I had forgotten standard GOP messaging during the Nixon years. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Profepps I hadn't realized that there is, of course, the ongoing risk that the steroid high could wear off in the middle of the speech. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trouble breathing is a bit of a problem when you are giving a TV address designed to quiet fears that you’re sicker than you claim. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JournalYear Tricky when the GOP legislators who defy the safety rules are also people who will be voting on the next airline bailout. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarinaHyde I don't gush often, but you seem to constantly deserve it. — PolitiTweet.org

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A glorious @MarinaHyde column on Trump's return to the White House: "Dying in the line of duty used to mean taking a bullet for the president; it could now involve taking him a Diet Coke. Thank you for your drinks service." https://t.co/27SzNOH64k — PolitiTweet.org

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@JennyBackus1 @rollcall Golly. Thanks. — PolitiTweet.org

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From my @rollcall column: "Monday afternoon, McConnell declared that it was 'full steam ahead' on the Barrett nomination. But at the rate the Republicans are going, the Barrett confirmation train will need its own hospital car and quarantine facilities." https://t.co/d3mPRO5GW4 — PolitiTweet.org

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From my @rollcall column: "Monday night Trump tweeted, in a quote for the ages, 'Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.' The 210,000 dead Americans might have a different take on the president’s upbeat advice." https://t.co/d3mPRO5GW4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Well played. — PolitiTweet.org

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@schaller67 @speechboy71 @Nate_Cohn @NateSilver538 @LarrySabato @Redistrict @chucktodd @amyewalter @joanwalsh @SteveKornacki @CookPolitical Is Hoover the worst incumbent defeat in a race where there were only two major candidates? — PolitiTweet.org

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@schaller67 @speechboy71 @Nate_Cohn @NateSilver538 @LarrySabato @Redistrict @chucktodd @amyewalter @joanwalsh @SteveKornacki @CookPolitical Stevenson and Dewey both lost the presidency twice. And Taft and Harrison were defeated for re-election. Unless it is Bob Taft and William Henry Harrison. Otherwise, I am stumped. — PolitiTweet.org

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Definitely read this interview with the elusive @MrWalterShapiro. But I feel compelled to add that it is not me in the picture. — PolitiTweet.org