Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@kronayne So frustrating that Otter doesn't work with iPhone calls when it's installed on your iPhone. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarinaHyde Best columnist on either side of the Atlantic is too great an honor to be given lightly. I mean it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@davidmaraniss @petridishes We're in agreement on that. — PolitiTweet.org

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When the opening sentence is "Boris Johnson’s big contribution to reducing plastic consumption is not wearing condoms" how could you not keep reading? Seriously @MarinaHyde may be the best columnist on either side of the Atlantic for the sheer brio of her invective. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveKettmann Key September quote about Harris from former Iowa congressman Dave Nagle: “You don’t get [commitments] by riding into town, holding an event, taking some questions and then jump on the bus and head to the next stop.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveKettmann That isn't the tenor of my interviews with Harris insiders or the NY Times piece. This was also a problem that was highlighted in September with Harris' rock-star Iowa bus tour: https://t.co/fois5PdN3q — PolitiTweet.org

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@marymckay3 I don’t. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WinSpinCIC Golly. I'm honored. — PolitiTweet.org

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@davidmaraniss As a reporter, I prefer "dishy and dysfunctional." Even as a person, I find the smug "I am Karl Rove, a living genius" phase to be obnoxious. That said, one should never lose empathy for the sadness of a losing campaign if the candidate has behaved honorably. — PolitiTweet.org

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We have reached the public "if they only had listened to me" phase of the Harris campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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Part of the problem was California arrogance: The belief that only TV matters and you only talk to voters for the TV cameras. (Personal campaigning actually matters in IA and NH). Only hope for Harris: John Kerry was also on the ropes at this point in 2003. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol @jbview @SeanTrende Key difference was in 1984, the press was deeply skeptical of Gary Hart as "too weird to be president." That's why there were furors over Hart's name change (from Hartpence) and his precise age. Another difference was that few Democrats in 1984 thought anyone could beat Reagan. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MontaigneGhost I will say that differing opinions on "Medicare for All" did, in fact, come up at our family Thanksgiving. — PolitiTweet.org

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I've read so many articles on how to talk to Trumpists on Thanksgiving, and I'm grateful for the tips. But I'm going out with my wife and her parents to a restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. What if there aren't Trump backers there? What do I do with my new skills? — PolitiTweet.org

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Right since it is so relevant to an American election that Labor and the Lib Dems seem poised to split the anti-Brexit vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CarlosLozadaWP: [NOIR VOICE] “It was a hot night in the hottest restaurant, and I’m not talking about the kitchen. The cuddling couple… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZachMontellaro @SenatorZero It would be fascinating if the Democrats would be arguing this math in Milwaukee in July. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZachMontellaro @SenatorZero Thanks. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenatorZero @ZachMontellaro You’re probably right. But for the unenlightened could you explain why. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZachMontellaro Shouldn't it be 1,990 delegates? That would mean that anyone else could only have 1,989 delegates. — PolitiTweet.org

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The death of British theatrical director Jonathan Miller prompts tributes to his ludicrously productive career. But what I treasure is having seen him (when I was a wee lad) on Broadway in the early 1960s in "Beyond the Fringe." https://t.co/9qaeVwMje1 — PolitiTweet.org

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@SteveKornacki You're so right about Gore. I understand Booker's anything-can-happen argument and the necessity for it. But he framed it awkwardly as an Iron Law of Politics. It's like saying Iowa isn't important because Bill Clinton didn't win it in 1992. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bencjacobs Great. We have a second front in the War Against Christmas. — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course, Booker is only talking about three Democratic presidents (Carter, Clinton and Obama) since there weren’t primary polls in the era of smoke-filled rooms. It’s not like we had November poll data on FDR in 1931. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol @greenfield64 Hat tip: Mandy Rice-Davies. — PolitiTweet.org

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@greenfield64 I found the original story about Penn and the California primary, which I later confirmed on my own: https://t.co/AkCO6O53Kb — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol I found a reference to the original clip on Penn's stunning ignorance: https://t.co/AkCO6O53Kb — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol Penn was good at Clinton-style triangulation for a general election back then, but he had no understanding of Democratic primaries. — PolitiTweet.org

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@greenfield64 It was reported in 2008 and I got a second confirmation from someone high up in the Hillary campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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I will never forget that Penn ran the 2008 Hillary campaign with the 1970s conviction that California was a winner-take-all primary for the Democrats. Spoiler: It’s not. — PolitiTweet.org