“The captain goes down with the ship.”
— Ken Starr, in an interview with ESPN, on resigning as chancellor of Baylor University in the wake of a sexual assault scandal.
Save to Favorites“The captain goes down with the ship.”
— Ken Starr, in an interview with ESPN, on resigning as chancellor of Baylor University in the wake of a sexual assault scandal.
Save to FavoritesRep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) speculated that former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is dropping his independent bid for Congress because, “He’s taking a plea deal.” Save to Favorites
Nikki Haley pulled a 17% protest vote against Donald Trump in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary last night, despite the fact that she’s out of the race for weeks. Playbook: “And Pennsylvania…
In the first week of his criminal trial, Donald Trump raised about $5.6 million online by warning his small dollar-donors that the “Deep State” was out to lock him up,…
“When you’ve been here as long as I have, you’ve had a few big moments. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bigger one than this in terms of the…
Politico: “The number of truly competitive seats numbers is roughly 30, split about evenly between Democratic and Republican-held districts.” Save to Favorites
Playbook: “More broadly, the Biden political brain trust just isn’t stressing out about what’s roiling the groves of academe — viewing it as an obsession of a subset of the…
Politico: “Under the new rule, airlines can’t simply give the passengers a voucher for a future flight. The Transportation Department also issued a rule Wednesday intended to force airlines and…
Reuters: “The aid package includes vehicles, Stinger air defense munitions, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems, 155 millimeter artillery ammunition, TOW and Javelin anti-tank munitions and other weapons that…
“Joe Biden will land a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it,” CNN…
“Donald Trump spent last week stuck in New York City for the beginning of his hush money trial. But on Wednesday, between days in court, Trump made time to call…
“Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday passed legislation to allow some trained teachers and school staff to carry handguns despite pleas from Democrats, students and gun-reform advocates to defeat the bill,”…
“Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), a first-term progressive Democrat, won her primary contest in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, fending off a moderate challenger in a race that centered on her stance…
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, 79 to 18, sending it to President Biden’s desk, the New York Times reports. “The…
“Donald Trump took his boast about overturning Roe v. Wade to a critical swing state Tuesday, even as he was stuck in court in New York City,” Los Angeles Magazine…
Reacting for the first time to Donald Trump’s vow to order the Justice Department to investigate his political opponents, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he would not allow his agents…
Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde (R) missed a line in the Pledge of Allegiance at a recent appearance, skipping “one nation, under God” and going right to “indivisible,” the…
Politico: “If the opening week of Trump’s hush-money trial laid bare the courtroom’s constraints on Trump, no single 24-hour stretch demonstrated the extreme asymmetry of the unfolding campaign more than…
Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) announced that he was suspending his independent House bid, just over a month after entering the race, The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
“Conservative rebels looking to oust Speaker Mike Johnson are continuing their threats despite former President Donald Trump’s words of support Monday,” Politico reports. Said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA): “It’s…
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday celebrated the impending passage of $60 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine ahead of a final vote, while lamenting the fact that it…
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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