A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll — conducted entirely after Sunday night’s presidential debate — shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump nationally by nine points, 46% to 37%, with Gary Johnson at 8% and Jill Stein at 2%.

Save to FavoritesA new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll — conducted entirely after Sunday night’s presidential debate — shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump nationally by nine points, 46% to 37%, with Gary Johnson at 8% and Jill Stein at 2%.

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President Trump embarked on a bizarre posting spree touting his friendship with Black celebrities following his racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama, the Daily Beast reports. Save to Favorites
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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.
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