“We have got to do everything that we can to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton. I don’t honestly know how we would survive four years of Donald Trump as president.”
— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by the New York Times.
“We have got to do everything that we can to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton. I don’t honestly know how we would survive four years of Donald Trump as president.”
— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by the New York Times.
The White House announced a new rule to curb so-called “junk health insurance,” rolling back a Trump-era expansion of short-term health insurance plans, CNN reports. Save to Favorites
“A judge ruled Wednesday that the Georgia Republican Party’s first vice chairman, Brian Pritchard, violated state election laws when he voted nine times while serving probation for a felony check…
On Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s website is a campaign event created by a supporter called “the Save RFK Jr. Rally” which demands that he fire his campaign manager — who…
“Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who has amplified former president Donald Trump’s false claims about rigged elections, has decided not to defend statements she made about a…
“House Democrats are adding four more candidates to their ‘Red to Blue’ program as they attempt to flip enough Republican-held seats to take the House majority,” Axios reports. “All four…
“President Joe Biden is widening a critical window for low-income Americans to join Obamacare, in a move aimed at reinforcing a central element of his reelection bid: That he presided…
Washington Post: “Richard Grenell’s intervention highlights the extraordinary role he has carved out in the three years since Trump left the White House. From Central America to Eastern Europe and…
“In December, Donald Trump called for the end of mail-in voting in presidential elections. In February, he told Michigan voters that ‘mail-in voting is totally corrupt.’ He later told Fox…
Congress passed over $71 million in earmarks in the recent minibus spending legislation for lawmakers who ultimately voted against the package, Punchbowl News reports. Save to Favorites
“It was an explosive claim from Donald Trump, just weeks before his Manhattan criminal trial is set to begin: He assailed the judge’s daughter on Wednesday, saying she had used…
“Few politicians have commanded the loyalty of the religious right like former President Trump, whose decision to begin selling $60 Bibles for Holy Week has outraged his critics — but…
“Kellyanne Conway, the former Trump campaign manager-turned-spokesperson who made the phrase ‘alternative facts’ famous, is considering a return to Trumpworld,” Axios reports. “Conway is weighing an offer to join Trump’s…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) drew a huge crowd in Iowa last night. Save to Favorites
“Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media company continued to surge on Wednesday, extending the gains on its first official trading session on the Nasdaq the day before,” the…
“He’s such a little baby that he’s thrown 250 years of democracy out the window by not accepting the results… He’s such a sociopath. He’s so insane. He just couldn’t…
Playbook: “At this point, we know about all there is to know about Biden and Trump. Both men have run for president before. Both men have won the White House….
“President Joe Biden will shatter fundraising records with a star-studded event on Thursday, with his campaign saying that it will bring in $25 million for an event featuring former Presidents…
“Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to vote on firing Speaker Mike Johnson risks throwing the House back into leaderless paralysis for the second time in six months,” Politico reports. “But it…
“Hunter Biden’s effort to dismiss the federal tax charges against him got a chilly reception in court on Wednesday, as a federal judge sounded skeptical that the president’s son was…
North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Ronan (R) insulted Beyoncé’s singing abilities, called her a “skank,” and said she was teaching “young women how to be hyper-sexual whores,” The Root reports….
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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