“Good guy, he said the worst things about me and I always liked him. This politics is a dirty business, I’ve never seen people pivot like politicians.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by The Hill, on finally being endorsed by Rick Perry.
Save to Favorites“Good guy, he said the worst things about me and I always liked him. This politics is a dirty business, I’ve never seen people pivot like politicians.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by The Hill, on finally being endorsed by Rick Perry.
Save to FavoritesYou're reading the free version of Political Wire
Upgrade to a paid membership to unlock full access. The process is quick and easy. You can even use Apple Pay.
“Iran’s recent nuclear advances give President-elect Trump a crucial decision to make in his first months in office: Try to neutralize the threat through negotiations and pressure, or order a…
The most notorious of all Jan. 6 defendants — former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio — has formally asked President-elect Donald Trump to pardon him for his seditious conspiracy conviction…
Congress has certified President-elect Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory in the 2024 election in a meeting that took roughly 30 minutes, Punchbowl News reports. Not a single lawmaker challenged the…
President-elect Donald Trump publicly said that he’s open to a two-bill approach to budget reconciliation, slightly walking back his Sunday night endorsement of tackling the border, energy and taxes in…
“A joint session of Congress is set to convene at 1 p.m. to perform a ritual that was considered ceremonial and uneventful before a mob of Trump supporters attacked the…
Politico: “Canada’s Justin Trudeau era is coming to an end. Abandoned by a majority of his caucus, the three-term prime minister announced Monday that he plans to step down as…
“We must remember the wisdom of the adage that any nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it.” — President Biden, writing in the Washington Post. Save to…
Matthew Yglesias: “Electoral politics in a two-party system is hard. So much is at stake at the ballot box — tax policy, abortion rights, immigration, and a million other things,…
William Kristol: “George Orwell wrote that in our day ‘restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.’” “So let me restate the obvious: January 6, 2021 is…
Vice President Kamala Harris, who will preside over the joint session of Congress today, released a video reminding Americans “of the role they play in preserving our democracy” and describing…
Susan Page sat down with President Biden on Sunday for an “exit interview” which will publish on Wednesday, USA Today reports. The interview is the only sit-down Biden is giving…
“It’s the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, a solemn reminder of a day that rattled U.S. democracy and set off far-reaching legal and political…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told NBC News his once rocky relationship with President-elect Donald Trump is “evolving.” Save to Favorites
TheRighting: “The upstart Bluesky, which has been offering a progressive-friendly alternative to the more rightward-leaning X since early 2024, generated 5,352,000 unique visitors in November, surpassing Truth Social by just…
John Ganz: “We are accustomed to repeating now that Trump’s coalition is fragile or that there are intrinsic weaknesses in his governing style. True so far as it goes, but…
Axios: “Unlike executive orders that Trump could overturn with the stroke of a pen, Biden’s actions rely on an open-ended provision in the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.” “This…
Peter Hessler: “The Colorado congresswoman’s inflammatory rhetoric has made her a national symbol of the Trumpist far right. She presents a different image closer to home.” Save to Favorites
The Washington Post is expected to lay off dozens of staffers this week, Status reports. “The layoffs will surely deplete morale further inside the beleaguered newspaper, which has suffered a talent…
Bill O’Reilly spent time with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago last week, leading him to observe: “Trump well understands the vast power he now possesses.” He adds that Trump “good-naturedly…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told Fox News that his goal is to pass one ambitious legislative package in early April, although that timing might slip into May. The legislation would extend the…
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.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
“There are a lot of blogs and news sites claiming to understand politics, but only a few actually do. Political Wire is one of them.”
— Chuck Todd, host of “Meet the Press”
“Concise. Relevant. To the point. Political Wire is the first site I check when I’m looking for the latest political nugget. That pretty much says it all.”
— Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the Rothenberg Political Report
“Political Wire is one of only four or five sites that I check every day and sometimes several times a day, for the latest political news and developments.”
— Charlie Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report
“The big news, delicious tidbits, pearls of wisdom — nicely packaged, constantly updated… What political junkie could ask for more?”
— Larry Sabato, Center for Politics, University of Virginia
“Political Wire is a great, great site.”
— Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
“Taegan Goddard has a knack for digging out political gems that too often get passed over by the mainstream press, and for delivering the latest electoral developments in a sharp, no frills style that makes his Political Wire an addictive blog habit you don’t want to kick.”
— Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post
“Political Wire is one of the absolute must-read sites in the blogosphere.”
— Glenn Reynolds, founder of Instapundit
“I rely on Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire for straight, fair political news, he gets right to the point. It’s an eagerly anticipated part of my news reading.”
— Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.