Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir, What Happened, is the best selling book on Amazon — even though it won’t be released for 18 more days.


Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir, What Happened, is the best selling book on Amazon — even though it won’t be released for 18 more days.
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The Democratic Party’s favorability ratings have just about hit their lowest point of the year. Overall, 59% view the party unfavorably, equal to the party’s nadir in late July, according…
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“A newly surfaced video shows Katie Porter — the frontrunner in next year’s race for California governor — blasting a staffer who interrupted a meeting the former House member was…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “broke sharply with her party leaders on Wednesday as they tried to project a united front in the deepening standoff with Democrats over health care…
I spoke to the fantastic Julie Mason this afternoon about the latest on the government shutdown and Pam Bondi’s testimony before Congress. You can listen here. Save to Favorites
Punchbowl News: “If you were wondering why Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the House out of session for the past two weeks, you got your answer today.” “On Day Eight…
“The longer the government stays shut down, the shorter House Republicans’ patience seems to be getting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA),” Politico reports. “Johnson’s decision to keep his chamber on…
A Public Policy Polling survey in New Jersey finds Mikie Sherrill (D) with a small lead over Jack Ciattarelli (R) in the governor’s race, 49% to 43% with 8% unsure….
“President Trump said on Wednesday he may travel to the Middle East at the end of the week as his son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy to the region Steve…
Jamelle Bouie: “Here, I will say that this effort to use the military against American citizens — an effort backed, it seems, by almost the entire Republican Party — makes…
“The Pentagon has investigated nearly 300 Defense Department employees, including service members, civilian workers and contractors, for comments appearing online after last month’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk,”…
“White House officials have held increasingly serious discussions in recent days about President Donald Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 19th century law that gives the president the…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) sounds unlikely to keep the chamber in over the weekend. Said Thune: “If enough Democrats start to come to their senses and want to…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “was invited last month to attend the grand opening of Trump’s ‘Rose Garden Club’ at the White House, but she turned it down,” NBC News…
“Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40 percent in the nation’s largest field offices,”…
“Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday had a heated, face-to-face exchange with two Democratic senators over the government shutdown and the swearing-in of Arizona’s Democratic Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva, who will be…
“The FBI has fired at least three special agents who worked in connection with former special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of now-President Donald Trump,” NBC News reports. Save to Favorites
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) agreed to buy cookies from Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA) kid during a one-on-one meeting between the two senators, NBC News reports. Save to Favorites
Texas National Guard troops crossed into Illinois last night — against the explicit wishes of Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) — in what amounts to…
“Late spending, exacerbated by a mid-battle candidate switch, and lack of attention to voters’ top concerns are among the reasons Democrats’ lost the White House last year, the Democratic National…
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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