Former Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced a bid for Senate in Wyoming Thursday, becoming the first Republican to jump into the race and setting up a potential clash with her successor in the House, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Politico reports..
Save to FavoritesA new AP-NORC poll finds President Joe Biden is enjoying an early honeymoon, with 60% of Americans approving of his job performance thus far. Also important: 70% of Americans back…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) filed a lawsuit against former President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-SC) alleging that they and others are “responsible for the…
The Wall Street Journal editorial board hit back at criticism from former President Donald Trump, saying he is “unhappy with us recognizing reality.” From the editorial: “Former Presidents and Vice…
“The governor’s trying to sleep with me.” — Charlotte Bennett, recalling Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) sexual harassment in a CBS News interview. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on…
This is extraordinary: Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s (D-CA) office went through the social media posts of all the House Republicans who objected to the certification of now President Joe Biden’s Electoral…
“President Biden is expected to name Tim Wu, a Columbia University law professor, to the National Economic Council on Friday as a special assistant to the president for technology and…
Los Angeles Times: “The missteps and aloofness that now have California Gov. Gavin Newsom facing the threat of recall from office have been overshadowed by the sexual harassment scandal that…
Playbook: “After Kevin McCarthy visited Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in late January, the House minority leader released a picture of the two men smiling side by side. The image —…
New York Times: “The Biden foreign policy that emerges from these early weeks is one of restraint, caution and fast-paced deliberation. Decisions come more quickly than they did in the…
New York Times: “The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday… A month ago, the…
Politico: “Over the past few weeks, Republicans have simmered over the ‘cancelation’ of seemingly innocent family favorites, including the venerated Mr. Potato Head toy and Dr. Seuss books. Glenn Beck…
Politico: “Some fear that if the conference — which just ushered in a historically diverse freshman class — doesn’t stomp out those political brush fires now, there’s a risk they…
Playbook: “We got ahold of a new nationwide Republican survey from Trump’s former campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio on the way-too-early 2024 GOP primary. It shows Mike Pence and Florida Gov….
Washington Post: “Murkowski was the only Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to approve Haaland (D-NM) in the narrow 11-to-9 vote. Haaland’s nomination now moves to the…
“President Joe Biden intends to work with Congress to repeal the war authorizations that have underpinned U.S. military operations across the globe for the past two decades and negotiate a…
“The FBI on Thursday arrested Federico Klein, a former State Department aide, on charges related to the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, marking the first known instance of…
“New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top advisers successfully pushed state health officials to strip a public report of data showing that more nursing-home residents had died of Covid-19 than the…
“Mexico’s ruling party denied a report in a local investigative publication that its leader, Mario Delgado, had been part of a notorious sex cult,” Bloomberg reports. Save to FavoritesShare on…
Masha Gessen sees a model in Viktor Orbán’s return to power in Hungary after losing an election and leading the opposition for eight years. “Other European autocrats never had to…
“In an unprecedented move, the North Dakota House of Representatives has booted embattled Rep. Luke Simons (R) over recently surfaced sexual harassment allegations,” the Fargo Forum reports. “Simons is the…
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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