“Republicans are shifting their campaign focus toward the looming Supreme Court fight over replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in hopes that it will inject a last-minute boost into…
President Trump wouldn’t say if he would commit to a peaceful transition of power if he lost the election: “We are going to have to see what happens.” Save to…
Vice President Mike Pence defended President Trump’s return to holding large rallies, typically with thousands of supporters seen standing shoulder-to-shoulder and not wearing masks, even after 200,000 Americans have died…
President Trump intends to nominate Allen Souza as the next inspector general for the intel community after firing the previous inspector general, Michael Atkinson, in April, CNN reports. A former…
Former Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) is under federal investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly spending campaign money on personal trips and vacations for her and her family, CBS Miami…
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Senate Democratic whip, pushed back on calls for Democrats to add more justices to the Supreme Court next year, if they retake the Senate and…
Missouri Gov. Gov. Mike Parson (R) said he has tested positive for COVID-19, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports. Said Parson: “I was tested, the preliminary results have come back…
A new CNN poll finds 59% of voters say that the president elected in November should be the one to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of…
“Leaked chat logs show Portland-area pro-Trump activists planning and training for violence, sourcing arms and ammunition and even suggesting political assassinations ahead of a series of contentious rallies in the…
New Baldwin Wallace University polls: MICHIGAN: Biden 50%, Trump 42% OHIO: Biden 45%, Trump 44% PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 47%, Trump 45% WISCONSIN: Biden 50%, Trump 41% New Harper Polling poll: NORTH…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) “is facing a lawsuit over his extension of early voting for the November election from prominent members of his own party — including state party…
President Trump predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the outcome of the November election and argued the Senate should confirm his nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth…
A new Quinnipiac poll finds 51% of Republicans said they trust President Trump over CDC scientists when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. Save to FavoritesTwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail
“A state judge on ordered Eric Trump to be deposed no later than October 7 in the New York attorney general’s examination of the Trump Organization’s financial practices, rejecting a…
“The Department of Justice and lawyers acting on behalf of Melania Trump attempted to block an explosive tell-all book from the First Lady’s former close friend and adviser,” the Daily…
Rick Hasen: “With less than six weeks to go before Election Day, and with over 250 COVID-related election lawsuits filed across 45 states, the litigation strategy of the Trump campaign…
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced that California, the world’s fifth-largest economy and the state that created U.S. car culture, will stop selling gasoline-powered automobiles within 15 years, the Washington Post…
A new Quinnipiac poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 52% to 42%. These numbers are unchanged from a poll three weeks ago. Said pollster Tim…
President Trump’s top aides decided not to alert him of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death while he was onstage at a Minnesota rally because they feared that his…
“Once a fixture at the administration’s coronavirus briefings, Dr. Deborah Birx has confided to aides and friends that she has become so unhappy with what she sees as her diminished…
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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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