Wall Street Journal: “In the battle over image, the two likely presidential contenders face a challenge not seen in modern history. No modern candidate has entered the fray at this point of the race with deeper negatives than either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. And if history is any guide, their room for improvement is scant, especially because of their nearly 100% name recognition.”
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“President Donald Trump is raging over snowballing reports on his apparent cognitive and physical decline,” the Daily Beast reports. “Sources familiar with internal discussions say Trump, 79, was left fuming…
Just published: Keeping a Finger on the Button: Presidential Continuity and the Nuclear Age by Rebecca Lubot. Tells the story of the 25th Amendment’s ratification and after-effects, showing that the…
Vice President JD Vance was asked by NBC News whether he was frustrated over a recent rash of tabloid-style headlines about his wife being spotted without her wedding ring. Said…
“The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol told the FBI…
“President Trump’s future Federal Reserve chair was already facing a daunting task: juggling wary financial markets, hard-to-interpret economic indicators, the sprawling and complex internal politics within the central bank itself…
Fortune: “In the aftermath of much well-heeled panic about a potential mass exodus of New York millionaires and billionaires following the election of Zohran Mamdani, the contrary is already happening,…
“Federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, have lashed out at the Justice Department as they continue to list Lindsey Halligan on court documents — some going as far as striking her…
“The federal deployments that have swept through major cities as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown have led to thousands of arrests. But they have been less effective at apprehending…
“Progressives are already plotting a primary challenge to Sen. John Fetterman when he’s up for reelection in 2028. But whether Fetterman’s around to be primaried at all is another question,”…
“For many of the Democrats running in New Jersey’s 7th District, Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill’s resounding win last month reinforced a strategy they were already testing on the ground: make the…
“FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting his girlfriend escort one of her allegedly inebriated friends home after a…
Soccer governing body FIFA has mounted an extensive charm offensive to win over President Trump, including arranging for one of Trump’s favorite bands, the Village People, to perform at the…
Gallup: “Twenty-one percent of U.S. adults in November, down slightly from 24% in October and the lowest percentage since March, described current economic conditions as excellent or good. By contrast,…
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“A new Trump-aligned online fundraising platform has emerged, and is poised to upend the Republican Party’s massive cash ecosystem,” Axios reports. “The new platform — called Impact — will clash…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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