Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

On Julian Castro's Biden attack: "When, barring a miracle, he eventually withdraws, his failed takedown of Biden will probably be in the opening paragraphs of his political obituaries." From my morning-after look at what was lasting from Houston: https://t.co/WDujdMFYAe — PolitiTweet.org

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That's why the expectations for these debates were so over-hyped. — PolitiTweet.org

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@lefoudubaron Particularly at a sporting event involving a team from (gasp!) Canada. — PolitiTweet.org

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@StevenHerbert The risks are probably on par with something bad happening at a suburban movie theater or an urban office complex. Possible, but risks that we absorb without worrying about it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Such an important point. Forget major-league ballparks. Why did I have to go through a metal detector to see a Blue Jays-Tigers spring training game? Security theater is out of control. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Ahuntah @CelesteKatzNYC She tells it every stump speech. And, yes, it connects with voters. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HickmanPolls MSNBC made clear that Biden was right and Castro was wrong about him contradicting himself. — PolitiTweet.org

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@brooks_rosa @Benjamin05055 In response to a Maduro question, maybe. — PolitiTweet.org

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The problem with the resilience question is that it allows Warren to recite her stump speech word-for-word. — PolitiTweet.org

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TV expects every debate to revolve around bitter exchanges and viral moments. But nearly five months before Iowa and NH, it isn't in the interest of many candidates (a desperate Castro aside) to go on the attack. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aedwardslevy: It is not an iron rule of politics that every debate has to change things. — PolitiTweet.org

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The next hour in this debate in terms of fatigue will be the Heartbreak Hill of politics. And it's not only Biden, but also every candidate who has had to stay alert even when he or she wasn't called upon for 10 or 15 minutes. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HickmanPolls That's why I hedged my reaction only to what I heard from him in 2008-2008. — PolitiTweet.org

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I love the question to Yang about what makes him better to be Commander in Chief. Somehow his answer did not inspired confidence for me. — PolitiTweet.org

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I have not gone back and looked at the entire history of Biden and the Iraq vote. But his explanation for his vote tonight sounds almost identical to the explanation he was making in the 2008 campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Un_Gray It was not accidental. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidKusnet It was not accidental. "Shrill" is a fine word. It's just that until recently it was only used to describe women. — PolitiTweet.org

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Julian Castro is living proof that the danger of going on the attack in a multi-candidate race is that the attacker seems shrill and is the least likely to benefit from the attacks. — PolitiTweet.org

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A leftwing ode to the power of budget reconciliation is not exactly what the Bernie Bros might want to hear. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SeanTrende Because he was so playing to type. Those four words may be the most Bernie words in the English language. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cinyc9 @kkondik No. The prizes weren't big enough. — PolitiTweet.org

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I love that Bernie's first words were, "Let me be blunt..." — PolitiTweet.org

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Andrew Yang's campaign giveaway plan reminds me that there was a 1950s TV show called "Queen for a Day" where the most heart-rending story got to win a new washing machine. There was even an Applause Meter to measure the comparative misery. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rachel_x_graves It kills me because, unlike most of them, she's genuinely funny. — PolitiTweet.org

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@david_darmofal @BattleSwarmBlog @kausmickey So did I. — PolitiTweet.org

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There is one constant in politics: Campaign operatives in one party do a ghastly job of predicting what is likely to happen in the rival party's presidential primaries. I'm told that Rove in 2004 was convinced that the Democrats would nominate Gephardt because it was his turn. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnJHarwood Never ever forget to use that epic debate cliche "viral." — PolitiTweet.org

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@VinodSreeharsha @RobGeorge Major value for me in occasionally going to debates (I was in Detroit, but I am not in Houston) is to go up to top campaign aides in the Spin Room to ask, "Why haven't you returned my calls?" and "What's your best number?" — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClydeHaberman I recommend going with something like "SOHO we have a problem" instead. — PolitiTweet.org

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That's perfect. In fact, I think they should be barred from all future debates. — PolitiTweet.org