A new Charleston Post & Courier poll in South Carolina finds Joe Biden leading the Democratic field with 36%, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 17%, Bernie Sanders at 16%, Kamala Harris at 12%, Pete Buttigieg at 5% and Cory Booker at 4%.


A new Charleston Post & Courier poll in South Carolina finds Joe Biden leading the Democratic field with 36%, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 17%, Bernie Sanders at 16%, Kamala Harris at 12%, Pete Buttigieg at 5% and Cory Booker at 4%.
“A grassroots movement to redraw Oregon’s border is gaining traction after voters in 11 rural, conservative counties approved measures this year that would start the process of seceding from the…
“The PGA Tour agreed to merge with rival LIV Golf, which is backed by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, an entity controlled by the Saudi crown prince,” CNBC reports….
Donald Trump suggested he will soon face criminal charges in the long-running federal probe into his alleged unlawful retention of national defense information at Mar-a-Lago, The Independent reports. Former prosecutor…
Wall Street Journal: “Drone strikes inside Russia are now a near-daily occurrence. Those in Moscow have had limited military impact. But, along with hits on refineries and airfields, ground incursions…
Oliver Darcy: “In the wake of The Atlantic‘s explosive story, I’ve spoken with dozens of staffers across the company. There are a wide range of emotions coursing through the halls…
“President Joe Biden is set to convene his Cabinet Tuesday, bringing his top lieutenants together to discuss a wide range of topics for the first Cabinet meeting since he declared…
Donald Trump lashed out at Gov. Chris Sununu (R) after the governor explained his reasoning for not launching a 2024 presidential bid of his own. Said Trump: “RINO Chris Sununu…
“Donald Trump told a judge Monday night that he could not have defamed E. Jean Carroll by denying her decades-old rape accusation because a jury had found him liable only…
“A critical dam and hydroelectric power plant along the front line in southern Ukraine was destroyed on Tuesday, putting thousands of people at risk of flooding and raising questions about…
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“The feud between the mercenaries of the Kremlin-connected Wagner Group and the ordinary Russian army appears to be escalating, amid reports of exchanges of friendly fire,” Politico reports. “Russian soldiers…
“The White House on Tuesday is launching a website to map and track tens of thousands of infrastructure projects and private manufacturing investments, an effort by the administration to show…
“A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially…
“Speaker Kevin McCarthy told us Monday that a supplemental spending package for Ukraine is ‘not going anywhere’ in the House, essentially putting the brakes on any immediate plan to send…
Axios: “The DeSantis team argues that the swing voters of the Republican primary are on the far-right rather than the center-right and are more focused on cultural than economic power.”…
“Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie will announce his presidential campaign in New Hampshire on Tuesday evening — positioning himself as a bare-knuckled brawler best-equipped to make the case against…
New York Times: “Kennedy said he planned to travel to the Mexican border this week to ‘try to formulate policies that will seal the border permanently,’ called for the federal…
“Former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY), one of the first two openly gay Black men elected to Congress, was bigfooted out of office in 2022 by his party’s campaign committee chair…
“The lifting of the debt ceiling might not seem like bumper sticker material for a campaign. But President Joe Biden’s aides believe voters will reward him for working across the…
“Indicted Rep. George Santos’ attorney has filed a letter asking the judge overseeing the New York Republican’s case to keep the names of the people who put up his $500,000…
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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