Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Important reminder to all political journalists — ignore general-election money as candidates announce their fund-raising hauls. Reason: It’s irrelevant to getting the nomination. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Profepps @agordonreed From a quick scan of her recent tweets, she seems to favor putting the mural in context — and not destruction. I have no problems with that. — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm with the school librarian: "Marianne Philipp, the school librarian, also spoke because, she said, 'It’s my job to champion intellectual freedom. It’s disturbing to me that this is under discussion.'” — PolitiTweet.org

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I hope the explanation is as simple as anti-intellectual idiocy. I fear that this is a symptom of left-wing intolerance run amok. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClareMalone It was a terrific piece and we're overdue for a lunch. — PolitiTweet.org

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Smart @ClareMalone piece on the plight of Kirsten Gillibrand: https://t.co/jgemwDlwqR — PolitiTweet.org

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Most interesting political piece that I have read today -- a skeptical look at Pete Buttigieg's autobiography: https://t.co/tMZKFf95i8 — PolitiTweet.org

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16 years ago, Howard Dean made history: "During the final countdown to midnight June 30, the Dean web page featured a baseball-bat shaped graphic that updated the fund-raising total each half an hour...The final number was a jaw-dropping $7.6 million." https://t.co/kfhfs8wfTy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @robneyer: I’m worried that English fans will think baseball’s like this all the time. Oh. Right. It is. — PolitiTweet.org

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In today's WSJ, I came upon this Neville Chamberlain quote on Adolf Hitler: "I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word." I wonder why it reminded me of Trump and Putin. Or Kim Jung Un. — PolitiTweet.org

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King Canute tells the tides to recede. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChuckLane1 That's why I yanked it out of a history of the Vindicator. I had the same reaction. And 1935 was also very late for the 1920s Klan. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just last week the Vindicator (RIP) celebrated its 150-year history: "The Vindicator, which had fought the Ku Klux Klan for years, became the only daily newspaper in Youngstown when it purchased on July 2, 1936, The Telegram, which backed the KKK, from Scripps-Howard." — PolitiTweet.org

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In addition to the loss to the community. In addition to the loss to journalism. In addition to the suddenly unemployed reporters.There is also the loss of a great newspaper name, the Youngstown Vindicator, which ranks right up there with the late New Orleans Times-Picayune. — PolitiTweet.org

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@markzbarabak Wait until 1980s moments like "ketchup as a vegetable" and Hands Across America dominate the 2032 presidential campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MilliganSusan @SusanPage Thomas Hofeller, the GOP architect of the citizenship question on the Census, always pronounced it with a hard "g." The ancestors of Elbridge Gerry pronounce it with a hard "g." Here's the definitive WSJ piece: https://t.co/kgS1szvTWg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lex_samuels: @ktullymcmanus @nielslesniewski OK, now would be the time to check out this new instant classic. https://t.co/5sTnGX0B1p — PolitiTweet.org

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@StribLopez The Wednesday night question about humanitarian intervention was exceptionally good, but the moderators got bored with the topic after about two responses. — PolitiTweet.org

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@markzbarabak This thread is essential reading for anyone who is developing an opinion of Kamala Harris and her potential as a candidate after last night. And while you're at it, follow @markzbarabak. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidKusnet Totally right and totally apt. I just was trying to suggest that RFK’s prosecutorial history was not the strongest aspect of his legacy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidKusnet @KamalaHarris @amyklobuchar Of course, only one of those prosecutors ever worked for Joe McCarthy. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MrWalterShapiro: My cautionary note: "It was a great night for Kamala Harris and an evening unlikely to be included in Joe Biden’s high… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JRBoh I thought I was the only one who noticed that. I almost mentioned it when I quoted the poll story in my piece tonight for @newrepublic. — PolitiTweet.org

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My cautionary note: "It was a great night for Kamala Harris and an evening unlikely to be included in Joe Biden’s highlight reel. But no one should be stunned if—in a week or two—the Democratic race looks mostly like it did before 20 candidates made their pilgrimage to Miami." — PolitiTweet.org

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My @newrepublic debate wrap-up: "Political pundits love a flash of emotional drama in the midst of a debate...The danger lies in over-hyping the lasting significance of Harris' (cliché alert) viral moment more than seven months before the Iowa caucuses." https://t.co/CV2VAayyYJ — PolitiTweet.org

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A very smart debate take from the insightful @Bencjacobs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClydeHaberman Shortest boomlet in the modern history of presidential politics. — PolitiTweet.org

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@charlesmurray They also made decisions about the candidate's fitness, sanity and sobriety. It's why the Democratic elites in the 1950s were so opposed to Estes Kefauver. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Profepps It will be delayed until the end of Trumps 9th term. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClydeHaberman @EBOlady I would love to hear candidates do all the Bull Durham locker-room cliches. "We're taking it one game at a time." "You can't get too high or low in this game." "I owe so much to my team mates." — PolitiTweet.org