“I’m going to take a deep breath, and I’m going to back it down, and if it gets fiery, if it gets hateful, I’m going away. I’m not going to engage in that kind of hateful rhetoric anymore.”
— Conservative rocker Ted Nugent, quoted by HuffPost.
“I’m going to take a deep breath, and I’m going to back it down, and if it gets fiery, if it gets hateful, I’m going away. I’m not going to engage in that kind of hateful rhetoric anymore.”
— Conservative rocker Ted Nugent, quoted by HuffPost.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) joined Donald Trump’s entourage in court on Monday, the New York Times reports. “Mr. Vance’s presence could signal a new frontier for Mr. Trump’s testing of…
Joyce Vance: “There was little doubt before last week that federal Judge Aileen Cannon was determined to delay Trump’s criminal case in front of her—the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case—until after…
“Michael Cohen, once Donald Trump’s loyal attack dog and now his dedicated antagonist, has taken the stand as the star witness in the first criminal trial of an American president….
It’s rare that a president up for re-election runs against his predecessor. It’s why some have likened this year’s elections to two incumbents running against each since both are extremely…
“Nebraska holds its primary election tomorrow. While all five Republicans in the state’s delegation — two senators and three House members —- are on the ballot, the state party is…
“A Democratic group is rolling out a new $140 million ad campaign that aims to chip away at Donald Trump’s support among one of his most loyal voting blocs: rural…
NBC News: “He sides with defendants less frequently than any of his eight colleagues, according to numbers crunched by Lee Epstein, a political scientist at the University of Southern California…
Wall Street Journal: “Graham’s intrigue with the Trump-backed Bible offers a case-in-point to the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s stronghold on evangelical Christians, many of them white, ahead of the November…
New York Magazine: “George Latimer (D) refuses to critique the Israeli military strategy in Gaza or declare he would, as a congressman, ask the U.S. government to condition military aid…
Washington Post: “Unlike in 2022, many GOP candidates running in tight races are choosing to steer away from one of the former president’s favorite talking points.” Save to Favorites
Nate Cohn on this morning’s new battleground polls that showed Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in five of six key states: “What’s more surprising is the U.S. Senate results. This…
“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says he vehemently disagrees with President Biden on his Israel policy and has even suggested Biden may lose his reelection bid over it,” the Washington Post…
“South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her this week over comments she made earlier this year…
“When Sen. Bob Menendez walked into a Newark federal courthouse for the first day of his 2017 corruption trial, so many reporters were watching him that the courthouse assigned them…
“A Democratic super PAC will launch a $25 million, three-week ad blitz against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on Monday, with spots airing in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that use…
A new New York Times/Siena poll finds Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five crucial battleground states — Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania. Biden led among registered voters in…
“President Biden’s campaign is investing in dozens of field offices in some of the nation’s reddest counties, pressing its early money advantage to establish political beachheads in hostile territory,” Axios…
President Biden called Donald Trump “clearly unhinged” and claimed that “something snapped” in the former president after he lost the 2020 election, CNN reports. Said Biden: “It’s clear that ……
“President Biden is moving to defang Donald Trump on a trio of issues central to his political identity: toughness on the border, aggressiveness with China and closeness with CEOs,” Axios…
“Every evening on TV news, Israelis get the latest on the Gaza war—cease-fire and hostage talks, Israeli military casualties, battlefield analysis and coverage of the Oct. 7 attacks by Islamist…
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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