Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MilesCulpepper @newrepublic I don't mean to argue, but that was one sentence in a 2000-word piece. And much of it grappled with the question of whether he would be ready to be president. — PolitiTweet.org

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@david_darmofal @DavidRedlawsk @HuffmonPolitics Don't want to argue this because the bulk of my piece was about qualifications to be president rather than a detailed handicapping of the field. Though I will say one thing, "Beto?" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JoshNBCNews: In 2000, ⁦@MrWalterShapiro⁩ was one of the journalists to ride McCain’s “Straight Talk Express.” Last month he joined me… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Redistrict I like your theory. I remember a 35-year-old Trump voter in Ohio, who worked in tech, who told me in 2016, "The insiders haven't gotten anything done in Washington. It's time to give an outsider a chance." — PolitiTweet.org

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@mollygordy JFK was 43 when inaugurated in 1961. Buttigieg would be 39 on January 20, 2021. — PolitiTweet.org

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@david_darmofal You may be right. And, in Dukakis' defense, he was running against Jesse Jackson. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidRedlawsk @david_darmofal You may be right. But right now, who would you put as third? Kamala Harris who is lagging in the polls and is on the 873rd reboot of her campaign? Bernie Sanders who was stuck before his heart stent? — PolitiTweet.org

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@david_darmofal Doing well in Iowa and NH could change the SC equation. Or South Carolina may not prove as important as it seems right now. In the piece, I stress that both Biden and Warren have a better shot at the nomination. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is an assessment that I based on more than polls and money. Buttigieg is off the pace, but that's not a bad place to be four months before Iowa. And he has the resources and the organization to go the distance. So I ask the Big Question: Is he at 37 ready to be president? — PolitiTweet.org

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If elected, Pete Buttigieg would be four years younger than JFK in 1960. And Kennedy had 14 years in Congress and still was belittled as too young. This is the "age" question that I grappled with as I toured Iowa on Mayor Pete's bus. https://t.co/RT8RhstmdH — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rachel_x_graves: Really enjoyed the audio version of @MrWalterShapiro's @newrepublic profile of @ewarren on @audmapp. Keep those audio… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ShaneGoldmacher It’s hard to tell how it will play, which is partly because the pros and cons may cancel themselves out. But I also think that most primary voters have a good idea of what they think about Biden, which is why spending a fraction of what Tom Steyer is will he lost in the blur. — PolitiTweet.org

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Put me down as believing that the ads will make absolutely no difference either way. There is so much in the news and a $1 million ad buy is chump change. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Don't over-react to small differences in candidates' fund-raising hauls. What we don't know are the deals they have cut with their media consultants and other operatives so it is particularly hard to tell who will be spending money prudently and who will be lavish. — PolitiTweet.org

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@david_darmofal @LesterHoltNBC Who can blame NBC? They have to run something during this exceptionally slow news period. — PolitiTweet.org

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@joshrogin Murray Kempton, Blll Safire and Mary McGrory. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Whatever happened to the decaf part of Pence's self-descriptions as "Rush Limbaugh on decaf"? — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@jamespmanley And the White House tapes were "Nixon being Nixon." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @ktumulty: As long as @realDonaldTrump is making requests of the Chinese government, he might consider bringing up its treatment of the… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Astrologic007 @JoeTrippi Two kind of debates: 1). Primary debates that used to be unregulated until the political parties cut deals with cable networks and 2). Final general election debates now run by the Commission on Presidential Debates rather than the League. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HelenKennedy Stunned that on a rare occasion our sensibilities differ. — PolitiTweet.org

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"What’s left is Mr. Trump acting alone, and poised to live-tweet his own impeachment, complete with all-caps obscenities, alarming accusations of treason and warnings that impeachment is really a 'coup.'” How I miss the restraint of Richard Nixon. https://t.co/e4jwVE9uDz — PolitiTweet.org

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@HelenKennedy Thought "Tootsie" was the under-appreciated show of last season. So much better than "Hadestown." — PolitiTweet.org

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@HelenKennedy What show? — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JillDLawrence @Margoandhow If “leaves in disgrace” is part of the equation, I will happily take it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@StevenHerbert @Athletics I know there are no curses. I was just being poetic or trying (and failing) to be. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Margoandhow Baseball. Heads the Oakland A’s. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

The never-ending drama: Billy Beane and the curse of the post-season. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@jbf1755 Fawlty Towers? That's the classic of the bunch. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Presumably, "moat" has too many syllables for Trump. — PolitiTweet.org