In the mail: Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns by Joseph Cummins.
“The complete history of mudslinging, character assassination, and other election strategies.”
Save to FavoritesIn the mail: Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns by Joseph Cummins.
“The complete history of mudslinging, character assassination, and other election strategies.”
Save to Favorites“The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the…
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who helped Joe Biden prepare for the vice presidential debates in 2012, told ABC News what he views as the president’s big challenge when debating…
Hunter Biden told the Daily Beast that his threat three weeks ago to sue Fox News for defamation was driven by the network’s attempts to use his drug addiction to…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) push on the border security bill will fail but Democrats see it as an opportunity to own an issue on which voters usually favor…
A new CBS News poll in Arizona finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in the presidential race, 52% to 47%. However, Ruben Gallego (D) leads Kari Lake (R) in the…
“European investigators increasingly see Russian fingerprints around recent acts of suspected sabotage on strategic infrastructure but are struggling to respond,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Reacting to clandestine threats is…
Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde (R), who has the backing of Donald Trump ahead of his August GOP primary, has used the term “shysters” on numerous occasions and promoted…
“The witness list is winding down. Closing statements could come as early as Tuesday. Then a Manhattan jury will gather in the first criminal trial of a former president to…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold off a chunk of stock in Anheuser-Busch Inbev in August 2023, just as a right-wing boycott campaign of the company was underway, Law…
“The Republican frontrunner in Nevada’s hotly contested Senate race is quietly reframing his work with a conservative group he led last year, de-emphasizing its opposition to abortion and playing up…
“With his emergency war cabinet on the brink of disintegrating over what opponents view as his dithering prosecution of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been challenged…
“The deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran’s foreign minister leave the country without two influential leaders at a particularly tumultuous moment of international tension and domestic discontent,” the New…
“Secretary of State Antony Blinken directed his top staff to crack down on leaks about diplomacy relating to the Israel-Hamas war, saying clearly that he was ‘angry’ with the constant…
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, attempting to put political pressure on Republicans, announced Sunday that the chamber will vote this week on a long-negotiated bipartisan border bill that Republicans blocked…
International far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration”…
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lists his residence to vote as a tony Westchester County address — which is in foreclosure proceedings for non-payment, court records show,” the New York Post…
“Democratic senators who represent presidential battlegrounds agree with President Biden — polls showing him trailing former President Trump in those key states are wrong,” Axios reports. “The skepticism is especially…
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), without evidence, accused President Biden in a Fox News interview of being “jacked up” and using “injections” in order to appear “coherent.” Save to Favorites
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has been floated as a possible running mate for Donald Trump, refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election and repeated…
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), rumored to be one of Donald Trump’s vice-presidential contenders, told CBS News that the U.S “could learn from” some decisions made by authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister…
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.
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