Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@littlestbird @HelenKennedy I hate news organizations treating any internal polls as news. Even if the polls are accurate, no campaign releases polls that make them look bad. So you are getting a partial and distorted view. This is a journalism thing, and I would have the same response to any Democrat. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I can understand why the Sanders campaign released an internal poll that made him look good. What I can't understand is why NBC News and presumably others are treating this self-serving gambit like news. https://t.co/NpumwfzbZG — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@TwardowskiDC You may be right. But I also don't accept the notion that Trump has totally repealed the laws of political gravity. I guess I'm with Isaac Newton on this one. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I am retweeting this because, as any old-time vender in a ballpark would tell you, "You can't tell the players without a scorecard." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@fmkaplan This Pew Research Center report shows that by early August 1973 -- well before the Saturday Night Massacre -- Nixon hit 31% in Gallup. Nixon tapes were not yet released, although their existence was revealed in mid-July. https://t.co/vS4z1yfkYO — PolitiTweet.org

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Two important points: It was the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings that caused Nixon's approval ratings to collapse. And House Democrats need to show ego-discipline by having a few designated questioners rather than a 39-member free for all at each hearing. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@TomWienner Appreciate it. I still believe that, like Nixon, when the Trump collapse in the polls comes, it will happen fast. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ktumulty @MilliganSusan It clearly was Mr. Chips. He also taught him Latin. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@petermarksdrama I think it's more 1980s sitcom than Broadway material. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Insert any "slow reader" joke here. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

'Some of Barr’s redactions appear to be the legalistic equivalent of the cavalry riding over the hill to save Trump in the last reel of an old Western." From my inaugural @newrepublic piece. And, yes, I think the report will do lasting damage to Trump. https://t.co/S5qFq8oL46 — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

My first piece for the @newrepublic. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @JillDLawrence: Congrats @MrWalterShapiro. It's official: The New Republic Continues Expansion with Editorial Hires https://t.co/InaOIP… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

“No collusion.” Thank the Lord that Barr is there to summarize things for us non-readers. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Wild prediction: Barr's first words will be "Good Morning." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Can't read another Mueller Report preview? Then spend a few minutes with my contrarian column for the @BrennanCenter on some of the irksome aspects of the liberal obsession with the evil Electoral College. Hint: It ain't changing for a long time. https://t.co/sI3AQvU0El — PolitiTweet.org

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@MichaelMcGough3 @ktumulty That was my illustration of how far we have come or descended in a half century. Also, frustrated by NY Times bluenoses in covering the Chicago Seven, Tony Lukas called his book on the trial, “The Barnyard Epithet.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@MichaelMcGough3 @ktumulty I think the punch line was that the misguided woman who saw the WC’s in Britain and thought that these were the supposed Wayside Chapels kept asking if they were available for weddings and funerals. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ktumulty In 1960 or thereabouts Jack Paar got into a flap with NBC for telling an extended water closet (WC) joke on the “Tonight” show. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@terryshumaker Can't start my personal campaign anywhere else. My first campaign trip to NH was in late 1979 for the Washington Post. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @Profepps: @MrWalterShapiro @newrepublic @rollcall @BrennanCenter As a constitutional lawyer, I have previously offered my legal opinion… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JoeTrippi Thanks so much. It's by far the most unpredictable Democratic race since Howard Dean's wild sleigh ride in 2004. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I am thrilled to be covering the 2020 campaign (my 11th) for @newrepublic. First TNR piece coming tomorrow on an obscure government report that has been redacted. First trip to NH is tentatively next week. My @rollcall column will continue as will my writing for @BrennanCenter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ron_fournier I am very troubled about this, as well. It might be one thing if the piece had been a profile of Neera Tanden. But this was a political controversy story -- and I had no idea what her mother was doing in the middle of this. So put in the camp of "No, it isn't okay" as well. — PolitiTweet.org

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@powellnyt @daveweigel @TreasonHappens As relevant as his views and his age is that Bernie's Old Testament angry prophet tone is not likely to appeal to swing voters. Or anyone who knew Marxists in college. — PolitiTweet.org

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Memo to Howard Schultz and his ego: "Less than 10% of the public has no partisan leaning – stand out for their low level of interest in politics." From the Pew Research Center: https://t.co/GW2w3BzwK7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@PatrickRuffini Atari Democrat was such a great description. Too bad the company didn’t survive. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@CitizenSullivan @SusanZakin I'll bite. Because South Bend is one-third the size of Irvine, California. In truth, many Democrats are looking for a non-Washington candidate -- and the ranks of governors were depleted by the wipeouts of 2010 and 2014. Hence, an opening for a mayor who's a veteran. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I still have an open mind about Pete Buttigieg, but I do want to single out @SusanZakin for making a strong, respectful case against his candidacy. Definitely worth reading no matter what you feel about Mayor Pete: https://t.co/HnGQwBE5Zc — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

A reminder to the world that -- after being included in most 2008 debates -- Mike Gravel got exactly 404 votes in the NH primary. There are candidates who simply do not deserve to be noticed. — PolitiTweet.org