Walter Shapiro

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It will be a Boat Parade. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benjamin_oc And it has been optioned for a Broadway musical. Here's hoping. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WinSpinCIC Maybe we can invite Bannon to join a Grifter's Club. — PolitiTweet.org

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Family pride: My great-uncle Freeman Bernstein, who was the subject of "Hustling Hitler," was indicted for mail fraud (selling bogus Mexican oil stocks that would double your money in 30 days) 96 years before parvenu Steve Bannon. https://t.co/Y4MlkOGANo — PolitiTweet.org

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@MikeHudomeMedia I suspect Eleanor Roosevelt May have said a few harsh words about Ike in 1956. Hell, she barely endorsed Trumanin 1948. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MilliganSusan Taft or Hoover? They all blur. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks for this. I intend to use it in my piece tomorrow morning. Have also set aside Truman’s speech to the 1956 Convention. — PolitiTweet.org

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@republicofspin But Obama’s words were supposedly unprecedented. Also Harry Truman wasn’t exactly in love with Ike in 1956. — PolitiTweet.org

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As everyone marvels at Obama’s attack on his successor, just remember that Teddy Roosevelt ran against his successor as a third party candidate in 1912. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveKornacki @rudnicknoah Always impressive to have politicians with a grasp of the limits of their ambitions even in a fantasy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@QuallsComm Agree that the mock convention setting makes the speech more difficult rather than more powerful. — PolitiTweet.org

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@richardmskinner @emrwilkins @JessicaTaylor Thanks. But watching on PBS or CNN, they didn't show it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@emrwilkins @JessicaTaylor I had the same reaction. Shouldn't there be a bit of time to publicize Sara Gideon and other candidates in must-win races for the Democrats? Up to now, only Doug Jones has gotten any air time. — PolitiTweet.org

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@swin24 She is, of course, the daughter of Jayne Mansfield, who was not a regular on the political circuit. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thoughts on Hillary's speech: An old-fashioned, detailed political appeal that carried more substance than most of the first two days of this convention. Call me old-fashioned, but I liked it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Such an important point. The idea that "rabble-rouser" would be featured as a positive adjective would have shocked Bill Clinton at his 1992 convention. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CharlotteAlter: Sorry I know the night has moved on but I am still thinking about the grit and perseverance it must have taken for Gabb… — PolitiTweet.org

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@NixonValet Tell the President that I will wear it around my neck with pride. And never do anything to sully the honor of a Nixon Floor Pass. — PolitiTweet.org

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Am I the only one having major problems getting a floor pass for tonight's big speakers? — PolitiTweet.org

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Terrific piece that sums up my feelings about New York and, more specifically, my neighborhood on the Upper West Side. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattizcoop @JohnJHarwood @SusanPage @Redistrict After four years of Nixon with the Vietnam War still raging, absolutely. I would have been Whirley for Shirley and through the Hoop with Scoop. As a would-be congressional nominee, I would have run with any of them. Though I did vote for McGovern in 1972 Michigan primary. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnJHarwood @SusanPage @Redistrict My point was that there weren’t that many Democrats mad at Mondale so there was no need for massive secret defections in the voting booth. That’s the difference with 1964 and 1972. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SusanPage @Redistrict I would guess 1964 and 1972. While a landslide, 1984 wasn’t a terribly polarizing election. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmartNYT That one made me laugh as I was having chowder on (liberal media cliche alert) Martha’s Vineyard. — PolitiTweet.org

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In this weight-conscious era, a cry of “no hips” would probably get wild applause. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @paulgoldberger: A thoughtful, incisive, realistic and measured piece, its style echoing the return to a rational world that @MrWalterSh… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NateSilver538: The "I'm leaving New York City!" thinkpieces are interesting give that it might currently be the safest place in the cou… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ibellamurray And the art pre-dated the devastation that ravaged Iowa. — PolitiTweet.org

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For all its virtual virtues, the Democratic Convention has been very light on substance. So if you're hankering to imagine Joe Biden in the White House, I strongly (and modestly) recommend my detailed look for @newrepublic at a Biden presidency: https://t.co/haxv5SMVEd — PolitiTweet.org

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Listening to Jill Biden talk about Joe's faith, I realized that Biden would be only the second Catholic president in history. No one in 1960 when JFK was elected would have believed that it would be, at least, 60 more years for another Catholic president. — PolitiTweet.org