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Covering my 12th presidential campaign for @newrepublic. Columnist @rollcall. Teach at Yale. Bluesky: @mrwaltershapiro.bsky.social
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"After Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, a physician, asked Mr. Biden questions about the status of his health, Mr. Biden replied that his health was fine. 'It’s just my brain,' he added." Joke or reality? You make the call. nytimes.com/2024/07/04/us/…

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My favorite British columnist on the election: Marina Hyde in Guardian. Her kicker invoking Sir Edward Gray saying in 1914, "The lights are going out in Europe," is powerful. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Not sure this is the best subject line for the Biden campaign fund-raising efforts today: "Trump is closer than ever to retaking power." And why is that?

Not sure this is the best subject line for the Biden campaign fund-raising efforts today: "Trump is closer than ever to retaking power." And why is that?
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In a very smart column, my friend Jill Lawrence has signed on to the Kamala should replace Biden express. If only we can convince the engineer to give up the keys to the train. thebulwark.com/p/kamala-harri…

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WSJ poll after the debate found that 80 percent of voters thought Biden is too old for a second term. And yes I am rescinding my primary vote.

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Me in Roll Call: "The issue is not what Biden has done as president. It's what Biden can do in the months ahead to turn this train wreck of an election around. And, alas, I think the only answer is to withdraw." rollcall.com/2024/07/09/the…

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Sharp insight from @mrwaltershapiro: Biden needs an intervention not from lawmakers but from "excessively loyal" WH advisers who seem to be encouraging his bunker mentality though they see him daily and "almost certainly have sensed the deterioration." rollcall.com/2024/07/09/the…

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I love the detail I learned in reading it that no senator ever came from Britain, a place she puckishly likens to Rome's version of Afghanistan.

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Another brutally honest assessment in the subject line of a DNC fund-raising email: "You deserve an explanation." Boy, do I ever.

Another brutally honest assessment in the subject line of a DNC fund-raising email: "You deserve an explanation." Boy, do I ever.
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Kudos to Mark Leibovich: "President Joe Biden, 81, is acting like one of history’s most negligent and pigheaded leaders at a crucial moment, and right now, we are all pedestrians." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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Democrats are going bonkers. It is fire at everything in sight. And I say this as someone who thinks Biden should release his delegates.

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"Bestseller lists will be chock-a-block with Biden White House memoirs. Insiders who presided over the biggest Dem defeat since 1988 will revel in telling what really happened behind closed doors and napping curtains." No, Walter Shapiro never gets old newrepublic.com/article/183687…

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From here on in about the Trump shooting, I will only offer very cold takes after they have been confirmed and confirmed again by mainstream news organizations.