Walter Shapiro
Brennan Center
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Walter:
Substance Over Sound Bites: Breathing New Life into Presidential Debates
The likely presidential debate hiatus is an opportunity to improve them in the future. → Read More
The Political Perception and Reality of the Gun Rights Issue
Guns remain a mostly partisan topic in Washington, but the NRA is not the force that it used to be. → Read More
The Case for Biden to Muddle Through America’s Political Crisis
How president-elect should deal with Trump’s Republican enablers → Read More
There Will Be No Emphatic Rejection of Trump
Even in the rosiest projections, Biden will only win narrowly—and the next four years will be a brutal slog. → Read More
America Is Not Reliving 1968
Sure, Donald Trump is harnessing Richard Nixon’s law and order rhetoric, but that doesn’t mean it will work. → Read More
When Political Conventions Go Virtual, What Happens to the Traditional TV Coverage?
The pandemic provides an opportunity to reimagine how the broadcast networks cover the substance of the fall campaigns. → Read More
What Joe Biden Wants
Each of the main vice presidential contenders offers a different skill set. What Biden needs is someone to help him govern. → Read More
The Media Can’t Treat Election Night 2020 Like Years Past
Because of mail ballots, there’s a good chance the winner of the presidential race won’t be declared on election night, so the TV networks need to manage expectations. → Read More
Mitch McConnell Is No Genius
He still supports Trump and worships campaign donors. It may cost Republicans their Senate majority. → Read More
A Different Presidential Campaign Trail in 2020
Amid Covid-19, Brennan Center Fellow Walter Shapiro considers what the loss of campaign rituals means for American democracy. → Read More
How America’s Newspapers Covered Up a Pandemic
The terrifying, censored coverage of the 1918 Spanish flu → Read More
For Trump, a State of the Union with nothing to say
Trump, in a way, lives up to famous description of the ousted Bourbon monarchy in France: “They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” → Read More
Think impeachment has been a self-defeating crusade for Democrats? Think again
Donald Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine may be old news by now, but don’t diminish its moral power in an impeachment trial, Shapiro writes. → Read More
Why Mitch McConnell should be the Person of the Decade, and not in a good way
With the Twenties looming ahead in a few weeks, columnist Walter Shapiro takes a look back at the teens, and it’s not a pretty picture. → Read More
How Bloomberg’s Entry Shows What Order Primaries Should Be Held In
Letting small states go first allows for a more even playing field, writes Brennan Center Fellow Walter Shapiro. → Read More
The Media’s Irrational Obsession With Campaign War Chests
By constantly tallying candidates' fundraising hauls, journalists perpetuate a misleading narrative about how elections are won. → Read More
There’s got to be a ‘Morning After’ for American democracy
Impeachment would be wrenching, but the only worse outcome would be for Congress to avert its eyes from Trump’s impeachable behavior, Shapiro writes. → Read More
Not a shocking discovery: Impeachment is not bringing out the best in Trump [Opinion]
His responses to impeachment inquiry range from bizarre to dangerous. → Read More
Not a shocking discovery: Impeachment is not bringing out the best in Trump [Opinion]
His responses to impeachment inquiry range from bizarre to dangerous. → Read More
Pete Buttigieg’s Undeniable Allure
The mayor of South Bend knows how to enchant an audience. Is it enough to overcome his age and inexperience? → Read More