Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@NathanKalmoe @mirandayaver Seriously, I end this interesting exchange still genuinely curious about how you'd abolish the Senate. My point about winning Senate elections is that it seems the only practical path given the existence of the Constitution, democratic or non-democratic though it may be. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NathanKalmoe @mirandayaver I'm afraid we're doomed to disagree. Somehow I can't see why as a journalist "I should get out of the road" because I still remain baffled about how you're going to abolish the Senate. Hopefully not via another Civil War. — PolitiTweet.org

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And they seem to be doing it again tonight. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@NathanKalmoe @mirandayaver Just tell me how. You can't amend the Senate out of the Constitution. So I'm stumped. We can all develop ideal political structures. But it is only an intellectual exercise if they are unattainable. Nothing wrong with such exercises, but they don't change 2021 reality. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NathanKalmoe @mirandayaver I'm sorry. But I think the best way to get out of the "doom loop" is to figure out how to win Senate elections. And maybe trying to do too much in a 50-50 Senate is not a good political strategy for the future. Remember -- 4 House Democrats could hold things up just like Manchin. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mollyesque: Guys I'm afraid the speculation is officially running ahead of the coverage. Whole news cycles have elapsed about things th… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@NathanKalmoe @mirandayaver Wonderful idea. But, forgive me, I am a little puzzled on the implementation side. Personally, for all its flaws, I will keep the current version because I doubt the Bill of Rights would survive a chaotic constitutional convention. And barring that, we're stuck with the Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NathanKalmoe @mirandayaver Please explain how Americans, even those with good sense, can end the United States Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@AriBerman @Margoandhow This is a problem with the Constitution. But unless you can time travel back to 1787, we're stuck with it. Once upon a time, Democrats knew how to win elections in rural non-Vermont states. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Container ships from China are moving faster than the Senate Democrats in cutting a deal on the Biden agenda. But with the Senate majority hanging by a mortal coil, I point out in @newrepublic that nothing lasts forever -- especially not aging senators. https://t.co/5r4m8lpE9h — PolitiTweet.org

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@EmilyRNunn Well played — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ManyYearsYoung @newrepublic Different people have different roles. I am a journalist and everything I do is public. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ManyYearsYoung @newrepublic My point is that the Democrats have been proceeding on reconciliation as if they have all the time in the world. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I wrote: "The real threat to Senate Democrats lies in the unalterable realities of human mortality. The point is not to be ghoulish but realistic." In 1953-54, with a nearly evenly divided Senate, nine (yes, nine) senators died in office. So, please, pass reconciliation fast. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JillDLawrence Youthful folly on the way to becoming a columnist. Though I am still demanding a recount. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@rschles If there is a draft movement (and I can hear the roar of the people), the preferred slogan is "The Best Walter Since Cronkite." Last thing I want is to get into a licensing law suit with the Disney people. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Since I too am a columnist and there have, of course, been many press inquiries, I want to say in the most Sherman-esque way possible that I am not a candidate for governor of New York and I won't serve if elected. I also release all claims to the slogan, "Walter for New York." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @patcaldwell: Fifteen Democratic senators represent states with Republican governors. And seven of those senators are over the age of 70… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ToddStein6 Right now the Dusty Baker Factor prevails. But I am waiting to become emotionally invested in either team. So call me an undecided voter. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I love baseball. But these games are even slower than the Democratic negotiations on the Biden spending bill. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

The infuriating thing about this stubborn refusal to acknowledge the regular season is that it feeds the myth that some players are "clutch" and others can't stand the pressure. In reality, it's mostly small sample size variance. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @Kevin_Goldstein: World Series Prediction: One team will win four games before the other one. None of us have any idea what will actuall… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@LOLGOP Not true. Three of those Republican lived on the North Fork of Long Island so they would not have to travel to play polo on Sunday. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@sdXpdx @jamespmanley I think it means both not appearing on the Sunday shows and not taking questions from reporters at the Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Most revealing piece on Sinema that I have read in ages in that it challenges many of the stereotyped portrayals. But this may be a tad overly charitable: "Though many ...insist they won’t negotiate through the media, Sinema is one of the few who actually abide by that." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

As a lifelong @aircake groupie, I do hope you have this in my size. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Bill James, as I recall, was initially inspired to challenge the fatuous comments of baseball TV announcers. I hope Bill James types of the future are being inspired tonight by the drivel from Joe Buck and John Smoltz. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

If there is a new idea in this piece, David Brock has cleverly hidden it. Okay, I guess it’s original for a guy who runs an anti-Trump Super PAC to urge people to give to Super PACs. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @samuels_nyu: Two tenure track opportunities at @nyu_journalism. Assistant or Associate Professor of Audio and Assistant or Associate Pr… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@DougHeye @JillDLawrence @newrepublic Yup. Totally agree about 2002. But, like with 9/11, the nation's emotions are so deeply affected by the pandemic. The delta surge killed Biden's numbers over the summer. The question that is unanswerable is: Where will we be if this is the last major surge of the pandemic? — PolitiTweet.org