Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@GreggJLevine I thought Bowie Kuhn was the worst Commissioner of the post-integration era. But Manfred is much worse. Forget Bart Giamatti. I'm nostalgic for Bud Selig. — PolitiTweet.org

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I do love the line from Kennedy's campaign manager attacking "the Globe's disproportionately white, well-off, well-educated readers." As if Kennedy himself weren't in that precise demographic group. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @howardfineman: Other than the naked #Kennedy sense of entitlement, what’s his rationale for primarying effective liberal #EdMarkey? htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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Dr. Fauci: "What we would really like to know is what are the long-term effects on people who recover from the coronavirus. Are they really totally normal after that or do they have long-term negative consequences?" From a great @StevenLevy interview: https://t.co/SYSzaio3SC — PolitiTweet.org

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Don't tell Trump. He will be peddling Creophos from the White House by Thursday. And the Violet Ray Ozone Generator will be featured on Sean Hannity's show and enthusiastically endorsed by Rush Limbaugh. — PolitiTweet.org

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@fleetadmiralj Political science research suggests that Palin was the rare choice that cost the ticket votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexhazanov I'm not pumping up anybody for Biden's VP. As I will explain in my next VP piece, it really depends on what Biden thinks he needs as a partner in the White House. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden's VP team knows from leaks. Chris Dodd's father, Tom, was used by LBJ in a ruse with the press in 1964 to make them think that Hubert Humphrey was not the VP. It's all in my new VP piece for @newrepublic: https://t.co/ujFpQTsYsd — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinMaddenDC @JamesPindell Making the Susan Collins ad worse it that it seems obvious that she is reading off a Teleprompter or cue cards. So there is little of the spontaneous feel of a straight-to-camera ad. And I agree that you never should repeat the opponent's charge in your denial. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden should pick a VP on her merits since all the evidence from political science research and history suggests that the electoral effects of a running mate are minimal. It's all in my VP piece in @newrepublic: https://t.co/IhM3Vgiowu — PolitiTweet.org

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@peterbirkenhead I had forgotten how wonderful that line was. Also, what's a Bronx? — PolitiTweet.org

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@kirkketchum But functioning alcoholics, which may be a reflection of the era. — PolitiTweet.org

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@melkleingraz So do I even though I have seen it about 10 times. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

"The Thin Man" is on TCM tonight. For the ultimate drinking game, try matching Nick and Nora highball to highball. And, afterwards, do check in from rehab when you have a moment. — PolitiTweet.org

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Short version: Everything you hear on “Morning Joe” about the political effects of Biden’s VP pick is probably wrong. That’s according to both history and political science research. — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 It is the rare attack ad that would make you want to vote for the candidate being attacked. A devilishly clever strategy like kicking the ball into your own goal. — PolitiTweet.org

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To adapt line from party girl Mandy Rice-Davies during the Profumo era in Britain: "He would say that, wouldn't he?" What would anyone expect Biden to say about Harris: "I will never forgive her throughout eternity"? — PolitiTweet.org

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Most stunning Biden press release of the week: "ICYMI: NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorses Joe Biden for President." I bet the vote was very very close. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Another Trump slogan that might fit on the walls of the Trump Presidential Museum and Golf Course: "I know nothing about her." — PolitiTweet.org

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@lkuntzman Top two -- Clinton's 1992 race when I spent a lot of time on Clinton's plane for Time. And 2000, which I covered as a USA Today columnist. In 2000, there was beyond Bush-Gore, also John McCain's stirring race for the GOP nomination. Least favorite: 2016. — PolitiTweet.org

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@katherinemiller Seemed, in advance, almost as unlikely as Mondale Wins. Which is why it is sensible actually to do these long-shot endeavors. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminds me of my days with Newsweek and then Time in the 1980s where one had to write victory cover stories well in advance for both presidential candidates. I forget (or have mentally repressed) whether I had to write the "Mondale Wins" cover in 1984. — PolitiTweet.org

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@fordm A little too subtle for Twitter. But dead-on. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@reyoutwest Made me laugh, though. — PolitiTweet.org

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Personally, I loved the four hours when America was blessed with President Gravitas. — PolitiTweet.org

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Totally right. Also, the campaign should show other polls that they conducted so that the reporter knows that the particular poll showing the candidate up by 3 points is not an outlier. Shorter version: Don't quote internal polls. — PolitiTweet.org

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Let me second the motion. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

The baseball teams that are infected with Covid and those at risk should shut down for four or five days to see the extent of the outbreak. If this delays the playoffs or eliminates the new round of playoffs, so be it. The alternative is losing the season. https://t.co/h0DZFqy438 — PolitiTweet.org

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@k8croy Russell Baker as NY Times humor columnist also suggested that polling could reduce the election to the sentiments of a single emblematic voter. I have been searching for Baker's columns based on this conceit, but it is baffling to find the right search terms. — PolitiTweet.org

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Late to this piece, but it is exceptionally good. I thought I knew this stuff cold (like Horace Greeley's post-election demise), but I had no idea about the Electoral Count Act of 1887 or the dispute over what is an Electoral College majority if a state's votes are rejected. — PolitiTweet.org