Walter Shapiro

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My nomination for the worst article summary of the day. There was just oodles of trust between Democrats and Trump before the assassination. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IgnatiusPost: This thread by @ksadjadpour is the smartest thing you'll read today on what Soleimani's death will mean. Highly recommen… — PolitiTweet.org

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@lefoudubaron No. Absolutely not. I don’t know where you’re getting these fantasies. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @POLITICO_Steve: This is a key point. We actually have little idea about the candidates' cash situation entering 2020 and are likely ove… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ProfTalmadge: 3. US decision to claim credit so publicly is puzzling and potentially dangerous. There is a reason assassinations in the… — PolitiTweet.org

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From the near war with Iran to the conflagration in Australia, I have given up on this decade. I’m already keenly nostalgic for the dysfunctional 2010s. — PolitiTweet.org

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As I recall, the Church Committee in 1975 laid out the depressing and ill-considered history of America’s assassination attempts. At the time, the reaction was “never again.” But then presidents got drones and the rest is history. — PolitiTweet.org

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An excellent statement by BIden about a frighteningly volatile situation. Just a reminder that foreign policy should be more important in assessing the Democratic nominee than predictable arguments over health care. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EBOlady @ClydeHaberman Theoretically, the convention could vote to change the rules to give super-delegates a vote on the first ballot for president. It would be controversial, but super-delegates could vote to give themselves the vote because it's a rules change and not a ballot for the nomination. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EBOlady @ClydeHaberman What happened is that we have the same number of super-delegates as always. But they lost their vote on the first ballot for president. They can, however, vote on the platform and rules so they would still have influence at a contested convention. — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth mentioning that Sanders is the one candidate who risks little in attacking Biden. Everyone else serious left in the race can see themselves as a plausible VP for a one-term Biden. That certainly doesn't apply to Bernie. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HillaryWarnedUs Thanks for recognizing the reference. The introduction is even better in the 1940s radio version. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you have the power to cloud voters’ minds then you don’t need staff. All you need is intense concentration. — PolitiTweet.org

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@zoeinthecities Hannibal crossing the Alps filmed with real elephants. — PolitiTweet.org

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@lefoudubaron I have a reservation at the best steakhouse in Des Moines for the night before the Iowa caucuses. Look forward to you joining me there so that you don't get all your impressions of the candidates from watching TV. — PolitiTweet.org

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A far bigger question than the amount raised: Who's spending what they have smartly and who is funding vacation homes for their consultants? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChrisGaldieri @jimmybuffett @Graniteprof It certainly polls better than taking away all existing health insurance under Medicare for All. — PolitiTweet.org

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@1ce2EveryMan Iowa Democratic congresswoman who just endorsed Biden. One of the top figures in Iowa to endorse. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol You may be right. — PolitiTweet.org

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From an NRCC press release on Abby Finkenauer's Biden endorsement: "It’s clear Joe Biden is no longer playing with a full deck." Pro tip for Republicans in 2020: "Not playing with a full deck" is an attack line that just might possibly better apply to Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZacMcCrary @jpitney I never was a Cuomo expert. I think the big variable was how he would react on too little sleep to a 1:00 am press ambush at some airport in the Midwest to a blow-dried anchor's question that included these two words: "Mafia ties." My tentative guess is that he knew he'd blow up. — PolitiTweet.org

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The perfect tweet: It mentions Lincoln, impeachment, prison and Newsmax in the same sentence. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jpitney Congratulations. I am about to order a copy. I teach a course at Yale on presidential campaigns and the press. And I have long argued that the 1988 campaign was the high point in the media’s influence in politics. See Hart, Gary and Biden, Joe. — PolitiTweet.org

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Never thought 1988 was Biden’s year. Leaving Kinnock aside, Biden never knew why he was running. That’s why he was seen as a creature of his consultants, especially Caddelll. Also don’t dismiss Dukakis’ fund-raising advantage from the Greek community. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MikeElk Better theory: Dean prevails because he would be running as who he was in reality, a centrist governor with an expertise in health care who had opposed the Iraq War. Gephardt would have gone after Wellstone and not Dean. Dean beats Kerry and Edwards because he was anti-war. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MilliganSusan Funny that the author never autographed my copy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dan_barkley I'm honored. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffSmithMO @daveweigel @politicoroger The emergence of superstar candidates in 2008 was why I never wrote a sequel. That said, I do find it relevant that the two most accessible candidates to a print guy (Buttigieg and Klobuchar) are doing very well, while the inaccessible Harris is now a former candidate. — PolitiTweet.org

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Best political piece that I have read in 2020. Okay, it is exceedingly smart even if it is still 9:00 am on 1/1/20. Please everyone read the section on the irrelevance of national polling at every stage of the Democratic race. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MartinPengelly: I wanted the headline to be “Headless body found in bottomless cave”, but was overruled. Headless torso found in cave… — PolitiTweet.org