Walter Shapiro

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Walter’s Debate Question (3): “Have you ever yawned or closed your eyes during a meeting with your campaign issues staff?” — PolitiTweet.org

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Walter’s Debate Questions (2): “Early in your career or even more recently have you taken any active steps to get yourself invited to Davos?” — PolitiTweet.org

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Walter’s Debate Questions (1): “Have you ever described yourself as ‘a thought leader’? Have you ever used the expression to describe anyone else? If so, please justify.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Simple answer: Obama. Or maybe "the Squad." Or the City of Baltimore. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aricpress I don't recall the usage at the Michigan Daily in the 1960s. But then we only had one page for edits and columns. Was it called the Op-Ed page even if obits were on the opposite page? — PolitiTweet.org

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@k8croy Safire soon had a separate Sunday language column in the Times Magazine. And I wish I had known about his book sale. He was a terrific guy and (despite our political disagreements) I strongly miss him. — PolitiTweet.org

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Important story that explains how you need bundlers to pay for the ads to get the online donors that the DNC has ludicrously turned into an inflexible standard for debate participation. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Op-Ed page was created by the Times in 1970 to increase the diversity of opinion following the death of the Herald-Tribune. By going from one pages to two pages of opinion, they created the page opposite the editorial page. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MichaelMcGough3 Linguistically, of course, the word Op-Ed was invented by the Times, I believe, in the 1970s to refer to the page OPPOSITE the Editorial Page. If there were no editorial pages, there would just be OP and no ED. — PolitiTweet.org

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@laura_lrnzo I honestly don't think most Democrats would be shouting "racist" at a President Rubio. Some would, of course, but it would be probably just a vocal subset of the Democrats. — PolitiTweet.org

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Things can sound so impressive until you look closer. Example: Only one sitting VP (Bush) has been elected president since the dawn of the TV age. Of course, only three other examples (Nixon 1960 who came damn close; Humphrey in 1968; and Gore in 2000 who won the popular vote). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Bencjacobs: TRIVIA: Elijah Cummings is one of seven members of Congress to represent former capitals of the US (Baltimore was the capit… — PolitiTweet.org

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@reedgalen Actually, I had originally written it on my hand. But it started to fade. Seriously, we're probably about to get into the season when the calls for a national primary (augmented by the spate of national polls) will become louder -- and the attacks on NH and IA more frequent. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClydeHaberman Ted Baxter is insulted. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sarah Vowell is such a good writer that she made me care about religious differences in 17th century New England. She is fascinating on the subject of Steve Bullock. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClydeHaberman Not a close call. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a tremendous book that underscores the intense racism that accompanied America's war against Japan. Americans demonized the Japanese in a way that they never did the Germans. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just reading that tweet reminded me of all the vanilla milkshakes I had at a soda fountain with paper straws. And somehow — unlike Trump — I survived the horror of the straws. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshgerstein: Maybe laughter is good for health https://t.co/LoQRdh68NE — PolitiTweet.org

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Be still my beating heart. Marianne Williamson will be on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. Can't wait to get into the nuances of her foreign policy views and trade policies. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rarely have I read as well-sourced a story that makes no allegations whatsoever but still leads the reader to wonder about what else might be going on. https://t.co/Y0en8Eff5E — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffSmithMO Concerned that IQ points will flake off like dandruff, I'm trying to hold my loss to 20 points. — PolitiTweet.org

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I am a huge fan of David Mayhew. You don't have to be a Congress geek to find this collection amazingly useful. — PolitiTweet.org

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CNN is requiring a $300,000 commitment to run ads during next week's debates. If debates are such a profit-center, then the DNC should have exerted a lot more control over the format. Debates should be party events -- not cable TV bottom-line moments. https://t.co/MM8t9k64cF — PolitiTweet.org

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@SethAMandel As a very very secular Jew, I had to look that one up. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump has bravely defeated the enemy in the War Against Christmas. My NYC cab driver was playing Christmas carols and singing along with them. In July. — PolitiTweet.org

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We are seven months to the South Carolina primary. @JohnJHarwood is completely right. Don't go crazy over cross-tabs. Also, the SC results will be heavily influenced by what happens in Iowa and NH -- which right now is unknowable. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @No1SBMom: @MrWalterShapiro Great piece. "But it is telling that Robert Mueller – a terse and reluctant witness who probably wouldn’t sp… — PolitiTweet.org

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I have dealing with it for two weeks. And, no, it doesn’t get better over time. It makes me long for innovations like New Coke. — PolitiTweet.org

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@david_darmofal @BrennanCenter @PeteButtigieg @KamalaHarris Thanks for your comment. This aspect of the presidential campaign is rarely mentioned, particularly when people go on rants about wanting a national primary. But I think it is one of the major justifications for such a long presidential nomination race. — PolitiTweet.org