Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@LukewarmSC @johnastoehr No. It means that Democrats not voting in 2022 out of pique will produce a political system far worse than the status quo. — PolitiTweet.org

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@LincolnMitchell That's a totally fine approach. But when you barely have 50 votes in the Senate, massive change in the political system doesn't seem very attainable. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mariegriffin Yup. Not a single Biden judge would ever be approved if Manchin abandoned the Democrats. — PolitiTweet.org

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A terrific @JillDLawrence column, which I fully endorse, urging congressional Democrats to take what Manchin is offering -- fewer programs that are fully funded. She invokes Ted Kennedy on health care. https://t.co/f47h6BdowZ — PolitiTweet.org

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My message to dispirited Democrats: "Electoral politics is not a fad diet that you abandon after two years if you don’t like your reflection in the mirror. It is a long-haul commitment based on a belief that, in a democratic society, most positive change comes incrementally." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @newrepublic: Joe Manchin is unlikely to change. So Democrats need the serenity to accept the limitations of a senator who does offer a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: .@MrWalterShapiro on Biden confronting "a chilling crisis": No other president has ever consistently tried to explain a… — PolitiTweet.org

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So maybe the “Democrats are doomed for eternity” narratives were a bit over-hyped by panicked left wingers. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ktumulty I have always thought that the root of the failure to declare war is the cowardice of Congress when it comes to being responsible for something. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dceiver Personally, I am constantly confused with whether I'm reading "The New Yorker" or "Jacobin." — PolitiTweet.org

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@ktumulty We are still living with Harry Truman's Korean War precedent for not declaring war. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamesFallows: A wonderful tribute by @TimothyNoah1 to our mutual mentor Charlie Peters, founder of @monthly, who turns 95 today. https… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MrWalterShapiro: From my @newrepublic piece on Biden's speech: "The demands on Biden to be both reassuring and firm in the face of the… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Meyer_HM I don't even know any more. I do know that Thune used to be one. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NormOrnstein That's the tragedy and, sadly, the cowardice of a senator who knows it doesn't have to be like this and yet does nothing to stop it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZacMcCrary I was with Bob Dole in the closing hours of the 1996 campaign and I will always remember a last-minute stop for an impromptu rally in South Dakota in which the Bobster talked about the Dole-Pressler administration. — PolitiTweet.org

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Important piece capturing how hard it is to be a sane Republican in the age of Trump. Even if you can hold your seat as Thune presumably can, maneuvering through the Trump universe makes a root canal seem like fun in comparison. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndrewMakeTweet @newrepublic @PressSec Thanks. Agree on some, disagree on others. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndrewMakeTweet @newrepublic @PressSec I sense what you didn’t like in the speech. But I am curious what you wanted and expected. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmartNYT @ScottJenningsKY Thanks for sharing this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Scamateurism @newrepublic I was thinking about Covid. But it also applies to the agonizingly narrow congressional majorities. — PolitiTweet.org

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From my @newrepublic piece on Biden's speech: "The demands on Biden to be both reassuring and firm in the face of the pandemic are greater than most presidents ever face. Nothing was comparable during the tenure of either Barack Obama or Bill Clinton." https://t.co/5khRzfmgkX — PolitiTweet.org

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My @newrepublic piece on Biden's Covid speech: "The Americans most in need of hearing Biden's urgent plea for vaccinations and booster shots were probably the least likely to tune in on a Tuesday afternoon," https://t.co/5khRzfmgkX — PolitiTweet.org

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@DAMendelsohnNYC Is this any different than Bob Dole naming a dog in the 1990s "Leader"? — PolitiTweet.org

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@Profepps Is the problem that publishers have been burned by celebrities' books (see Cuomo, Andrew) or is that the dog's literary agent is being unrealistically greedy and demanding? — PolitiTweet.org

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@JenSeniorNY I think they'll understand "The Sopranos." — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffSmithMO I double mask when I see my reflection in the mirror. — PolitiTweet.org

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You have won the afternoon with this wonderful mashup of "A Raisin in the Sun" — PolitiTweet.org

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In case of political emergency -- Break glass and unveil a White House puppy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DailyRuctions @BeschlossDC Best political moment for Connecticut in half a century. — PolitiTweet.org