“He goes to a Kentucky Fried Chicken or Chick-fil-A. They cheer him. This man is a hero.”
—Jeanine Pirro, taking about Donald Trump on Fox News.
Save to Favorites“He goes to a Kentucky Fried Chicken or Chick-fil-A. They cheer him. This man is a hero.”
—Jeanine Pirro, taking about Donald Trump on Fox News.
Save to Favorites“President Biden may be struggling in national polls, but he recently overtook former President Donald Trump in at least one important measure: the total number of donors who have given…
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), who filed this week for divorce from his wife, is reportedly in a relationship with Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), the Daily Mail reports.Save to Favorites
“The central witness against Donald Trump withstood a withering cross-examination Thursday from the former president’s defense lawyer, who accused Michael Cohen of lying as recently as two days ago to…
“After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that President Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their…
Donald Trump said he would have “no problem” sharing the debate stage with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if the independent presidential candidate met the ballot and 15% polling threshold, Scripps…
Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) U.S. Senate bid in Arizona “is getting a boost from a group of donors who previously backed Republicans like the late Sen. John McCain and the…
The House passed a bill condemning President Biden for withholding heavy bombs from Israel, 224 to 187, Politico reports. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has already said his chamber won’t…
More than a year after a jury convicted Daniel Perry of murdering a protester, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pardoned the former U.S. Army sergeant on Thursday shortly after a…
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) has filed for divorce from his oncologist wife Dr. Debra Miller, the Daily Mail reports. Capitol Hill insiders say McCormick has often been seen acting overly…
New York Times: “The defense lawyers also alerted the judge that if they were to put on a witness or witnesses, it wouldn’t take very long. They did not name…
“House Democrats quietly helped propel a GOP-led discharge petition to success, marking the first time in nearly a decade the maneuver has worked,” Axios reports. “Democratic leaders made a concerted…
The Dispatch: “According to someone close to Trump’s legal team, the requests from Capitol Hill and elsewhere to visit Trump at his trial aren’t slowing down. Politicians are calling up…
Donald Trump brushed off the idea of losing voters who went for Nikki Haley in the primaries, The Hill reports. Said Trump: “Well, she got very few voters relatively… I…
“Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has 218 signatures on a discharge petition to get his disaster tax relief bill to the House floor,” Punchbowl News reports. “That’s enough backing to force…
“Nadine Menendez, who is currently under indictment for bribery and extortion charges alongside her husband, has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will require a mastectomy,” Politico reports.Save to Favorites
“The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show…
Jonathan Last: “You don’t want to hear this, but what if Biden is a disaster? What if he can’t string five words together and gets lost and confused? What if,…
“Larry Hogan, the former two-term Republican governor of Maryland who this week won his party’s nomination for the state’s open Senate seat, said in an interview on Thursday that he…
If you’re looking for a speaker for your next event, I’ll be doing a limited number of paid speaking engagements between now and the November election. Get in touch if…
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is attending Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial in New York today, made a not-so-veiled reference to the Proud Boys in a social media post…
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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