Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I just realized that Trump in his tweet used the phrase "great and unmatched wisdom." My sense is that he is finally directly channeling the Wizard of Oz -- that "really small dude" behind the curtain to use Kamala Harris' line. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

No one I trust more as my guide to Middle East and US policy disasters than @IgnatiusPost — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ZacMcCrary Thanks. Maybe we can bring it back together. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ClydeHaberman I know. I know. But I take what little comfort I can. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

The universal condemnation of the NBA for truckling to China is a reminder that even in these difficult times we still have glimmers of shared values. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Madam Defarge? The TV flashed for an instant on a woman sitting behind home plate at the Nationals game who was knitting. I assume she is waiting for the guillotining of the bullpen. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@FrankBruni @PeteButtigieg Golly. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @FrankBruni: Have read tons and written some about @PeteButtigieg. This new take on him by @MrWalterShapiro has fresh observations and i… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Specialk6657 I am not obsessed with the specific amount of money that candidates have raised because it's a very flawed barometer. What does deeply trouble me is that Steyer spent millions with Facebook ads trolling for $1 donors so that he could qualify for the debate stage. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Specialk6657 Hard for 24 billionaires to fund a campaign when the maximum legal contribution is $2800. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@7bestoftimes That’s one problem. The other is elevated criteria for the November debate and Steyer just bought his way onto the debate stage. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Depressing email subject line: "Tom Steyer Qualifies for November Debate." Meanwhile, Klobuchar, Castro, Bennet, Bullock and maybe Booker are in debate limbo. Does anyone believe that a non-charismatic, self-funder needs to be on the debate stage? Thank you, DNC. — PolitiTweet.org

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All true. But aren't we dealing with a rather limited sample size? — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Somehow that sounds much more impressive than, say, Sestak vowing to walk from Dubuque, Iowa, to Dike, Iowa, a distance of 106 miles. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

The key point, which @RadioFreeTom gets, is that what is at stake in 2020 are not specific policy proposals (how much regulation, how high taxes), but a reassertion that we are a democracy governed by laws. As I wrote in 2016, "Nobody's ever gotten beaten up at a Ted Cruz rally." — PolitiTweet.org

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@charlesmurray Can’t convince you otherwise on Twitter. But Warren (like Ted Cruz who I defended in 2016) is within the lawful American tradition, though you may staunchly disagree with her views. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dick_nixon Mr. President, I agree with you on Cole. But I think all the award ballots have to be mailed in before the playoffs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamespmanley And it didn't even involve helping Trump name three Cabinet departments that he wants to abolish. — PolitiTweet.org

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Important notion. As I recall, a significant number of senators and insiders came out publicly against the Vietnam War after pressure from their families. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@StuPolitics Thank you for understanding. The ticket prices at the new Stadium were the big non-Rudy factor. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

There's a reason why I'm rooting hard for the Twins. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@GenCounselWolf Thanks for getting my intention in this campaign snapshot. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Important sentence on Biden's age: "A half-dozen aging experts I talked to...told me, there’s such vast variability in how people age that it’s ill-advised and even irresponsible to try to draw conclusions about an individual based on a date of birth." https://t.co/fcxOTkmUIr — PolitiTweet.org

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@rayanvar @riotwomennn @newrepublic Thank you for your close reading. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @JillDLawrence: .@MrWalterShapiro went on the road with Pete Buttigieg and, with appropriate skepticism about the mayor's age and experi… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@BellaAugust4 @david_darmofal When I'm in SC, I talk to black voters and I write about their reactions. But 10 days ago, all the candidates were in Iowa talking to white voters. And Iowa and NH do affect SC. Here, by the way, is my SC piece from the Clyburn Fish Fry weekend: https://t.co/JhLm6gE89K. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@riotwomennn @urby_87 @newrepublic Article does point out that South Bend is half the size of Des Moines. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@GoldsmithB Actually, my first campaign was Harding. And that made me wonder if Harding, despite his presidential good looks, was up to the job. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Interviewing the 37-year-old Buttigieg on whether he has the experience to be president, I quoted to him Harry Truman's response on succeeding FDR in 1945: “I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.” https://t.co/RT8RhstmdH — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@charlesmurray I know. That's what provoked to do the Buttigieg piece in the first place. — PolitiTweet.org