Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Line of the day (from Gallup): "[Trump's] current level of approval would make another term as president unlikely, given the historical relationship between job approval ratings and incumbent reelection." https://t.co/r3cffOqjHA — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@BeastMammoth @newrepublic Because given McGrath’s party support and her fund-raising edge, I find it implausible that she will lose the primary. If I am wrong, I will apologize. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JessicaTaylor @SenAlexander There is a wild rumor that he has shirts that match his face mask. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@mcurtisnc3 @SPJDC @rollcall You deserve it. So many congratulations. — PolitiTweet.org

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The insidious aspect of the owners’ proposal is that they want to expand the playoffs to 16 teams. And do it again in 2021. This will permanently destroy the regular season that is the heart of baseball’s appeal. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

How do you make a three-headed green alien from another galaxy laugh? After he lands on the White House lawn, answer honestly when he says, “Take me to your leader.” — PolitiTweet.org

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I now what Diogenes must have felt like -- we have stumbled on a genuinely honest reaction to a hateful Trump tweet from a Senate Republican. — PolitiTweet.org

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"All profile and no courage." Admittedly, that line was originally used in the late 1950s to describe JFK. But Susan Collins ain't no John Kennedy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PhilipTerzian @Yale All I can say is "Mister Harris, plutocrat, wants to give my cheek a pat. If the Harris pat means a Paris hat, pay, pay." — PolitiTweet.org

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@EFMoriarty That's a relief. Given what we've all been through, my immediate reaction was...what's next...locusts? — PolitiTweet.org

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@EFMoriarty @WCBSTV Yikes. I live four blocks away. That explains the sirens. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HelenKennedy @mattizcoop Thank you for passing this along. I missed the bunker scenes. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ArtL7 @JamesFallows No. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JRubinBlogger @JillDLawrence And I consider Susan Collins, she of the furrowed brow and the deep sighs, a Trump enabler. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JRubinBlogger @JillDLawrence I want Republicans to endorse Biden so his enablers can be leveled at the polls. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mobs are dangerous, whether in reality or on social media. A chilling story from @Olivianuzzi that everyone should read before they go after someone based on Twitter identification: https://t.co/HvlnOpjVPc — PolitiTweet.org

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@ThosChamberlain @newrepublic In the article I spell it out. But in the tweet I thought that readers would know what I meant. Obviously, it's that they would quote the Reagan line and say "now the parties have shifted." — PolitiTweet.org

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Ronald Reagan, who made radio speeches for Harry Truman in 1948, liked to joke, "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. It left me." My hope in @newrepublic piece is that dozens of defecting Republicans will quote that line at the 2020 Democratic convention: https://t.co/0XThKAtuKI — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnSHausman Oh God. Thanks for the catch. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Ronald Reagan, who made radio speeches for Harry Truman in 1948, liked to joke, "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. It left me." My hope in @newrepubic piece is that dozens of defecting Republicans will quote that line at the 2020 Democratic convention: https://t.co/0XThKAtuKI — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenatorZero God, I forgot or airbrushed it from my memory. But what made Zell Miller special is that he made convention speeches both for and against incumbent presidents named Bush. — PolitiTweet.org

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A Zell Miller record that will never be broken, akin to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak. Miller was the keynoter at two conventions: 1992 for Clinton against George H.W. Bush. And 2004 for George W. Bush against John Kerry. https://t.co/ZvEoNMgEjd — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2004, Democratic Sen. Zell Miller delivered a blistering attack on John Kerry at the GOP convention. My @newrepublic piece hopes that enough Republicans will find the courage of their convictions to mount a major anti-Trump night for the Democrats: https://t.co/ZvEoNMgEjd — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Funniest line of the week from Axios: "President Trump's top political advisers, in a private meeting last week, said their boss needs to add more hopeful, optimistic and unifying messages to balance his harsh law-and-order rhetoric." https://t.co/DNxP0S5dJu — PolitiTweet.org

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@KeithELaughlin They shouldn't have demonized Romney as too many of them did. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GrahamVyse Totally agree with you on "binders filled with women." As I recall, he was talking about his efforts to get his staff to send him more women candidates for jobs in Massachusetts. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinMKruse That made me laugh. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

A good man was misjudged by too many Democrats in 2012. You can disagree with many of his policy views (as I do) but you should never lose sight that some people in public life have sterling character. (Of course, none of this applies to Trump enablers). — PolitiTweet.org

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@dkahanerules She also won a Pulitzer for editorial writing at the Boston Globe. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Un_Gray That made my late evening. — PolitiTweet.org