A new InsiderAdvantage poll in Georgia finds David Perdue (R) leading Michelle Nunn (D) by seven points in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 40%.
In the race for governor, Gov. Nathan Deal (R) is ahead of challenger Jason Carter (D), 43% to 39%.
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James Surowiecki: “One of Trump’s challenges in dealing with inflation is that his signature policy—raising tariffs on imports from almost every country in the world—has made the stuff Americans buy…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) “filed a lawsuit against Bill Pulte, accusing the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency of violating the Privacy Act and First Amendment in order to…
“U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together…
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“A group of influential liberal senators is directly challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer’s approach to the midterm elections and President Trump, in another sign of growing frustration among Democrats toward the…
“The meeting between President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week got heated when they discussed the possibility of Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing…
“President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has…
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) will not seek reelection, “a seismic decision in Washington politics that will bring to a close more than a decade in leadership overseeing some…
“Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to start serving a 27-year sentence for overseeing a failed plot to hold onto power after losing the country’s last…
A must-read: Black Moses by Caleb Gayle. New York Times: “The gripping story of Edward McCabe — a businessman, politician and big-dream idealist who, in the wake of the Civil…
“In June, President Donald Trump’s two older sons held an event at Trump Tower where they touted a new made-in-the-USA mobile phone with an American flag on its back, plus…
“Donald Trump has pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, in the decades-old tradition,” the Daily Mail reports. “The president joked that he wanted to call them ‘Chuck and Nancy’…
Washington Post: “After a little while, the words disappeared. Will they return? Be made permanent? The White House didn’t have any updates. However, a spokesman did confirm… the president selected…
There are now 14 Democrats in the race to succeed Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) in the House of Representative, the New Jersey Globe reports. Save to Favorites
“Responding to a stinging legal defeat in the state’s redistricting battle, Utah Republican legislators said Tuesday that they will convene a special session Dec. 9 to put a constitutional amendment…
“The U.S. House will dramatically increase the amount of money available to its members for their personal security as part of a new program launching next month,” Axios reports. Save…
“White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is seen by advisers and allies of President Donald Trump as the frontrunner to be the next Federal Reserve chair,” Bloomberg reports….
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to meet President Trump ‘as soon as possible’ — possibly over Thanksgiving — to finalize a joint U.S.-Ukrainian agreement on the terms for ending the…
“In the 25 years I served in the United States Congress, Republicans never, ever, one time, agreed on what a healthcare proposal should look like. Not once.” — Former Speaker…
Abby Livingston: “If the new Texas map is ultimately struck down, and Democrats’ own revenge redistricting effort in California stands, Republicans could lose the House before a vote is even…
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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