Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) was asked by The Hill about suggesting Speaking Nancy Pelosi was dumb:
Q: Did you really mean no disrespect when you said that Speaker Pelosi…
A: Sure I did. Let me tell you why I said that in part…
Save to FavoritesSen. John Kennedy (R-LA) was asked by The Hill about suggesting Speaking Nancy Pelosi was dumb:
Q: Did you really mean no disrespect when you said that Speaker Pelosi…
A: Sure I did. Let me tell you why I said that in part…
Save to Favorites“In the days since Vice President Kamala Harris launched her presidential bid, more than 170,000 volunteers have joined her cause,” Axios reports. “The numbers are yet another example of the…
From a Wall Street Journal editorial: “Donald Trump’s choice of 39-year-old J.D. Vance as his running mate was supposed to present the GOP ticket as modern and looking to the…
“Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You…
New York Times: “His political views differed from a transgender classmate’s, but they forged a bond that lasted a decade — until Mr. Vance seemed to pivot, politically and personally.”…
“During her rise through America’s most prestigious schools, law firms and judicial clerkships, Usha Vance rarely — if ever — volunteered her opinions on the nation’s bitterly partisan politics to…
Donald Trump on Friday claimed there will be a major war in the Middle East and potentially a “third world war” if he does not win November’s election, The Hill…
CNN: “As president, Trump declared bitcoin ‘not money’ and criticized it as ‘highly volatile and based on thin air.’ He cautioned that crypto assets helped facilitate illegal underground markets.” “But…
“Former President Donald Trump was struck with a bullet during an assassination attempt at a western Pennsylvania campaign rally, the FBI said Friday, following nearly two weeks of speculation about…
Donald Trump honed his attacks on Kamala Harris, calling her “the most incompetent, unpopular and far-left vice president in American history,” blaming her for high numbers of migrant apprehensions at…
New York Times: “For nearly four years, she has been the quiet understudy, relegated to the role of the supportive deputy while President Biden made pronouncements. Now she has suddenly…
New polls from Fox News were just released: Pennslvania: Harris 49%, Trump 49% Wisconsin: Trump 50%, Harris 49% Michigan: Harris 49%, Trump 49% Minnesota: Harris 52%, Trump 46% Save to…
“In the days since Vice President Kamala Harris has taken over the campaign against former President Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance, Democrats are leaning into a new…
“J.D. Vance has had a difficult week, and some Republicans aren’t hiding their frustration,” Politico reports. “Despite momentum after former President Donald Trump named him as his running mate, the…
A new Wall Street Journal poll finds Donald Trump just ahead of Kamala Harris in a two-person match up nationally, 49% to47% , but that is within the poll’s margin…
“Donald Trump on Friday vowed to hold another campaign rally in the same area of Pennsylvania where he survived an assassination attempt less than two weeks earlier,” CNBC reports. Save…
Bloomberg: “Two threads are emerging in the short time since launching her White House run: Many Harris aides have worked primarily or entirely for her, not Biden. And she’s said…
“Tough talk is this guy’s calling card and now there’s this extraordinary show of weakness. He said anytime, anyplace, but more than that, he agreed to this specific debate, on…
“When America witnessed a pale, hoarse and feeble Joe Biden take the debate stage on June 27, the trajectory of the campaign changed almost instantly,” Politico reports. “Here’s a look…
“The longest-serving district judge on the federal bench in Washington, D.C., warned Thursday that false rhetoric about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — including the sorts of lies…
USA Today: “Last September on National Voter Registration Day, Swift set a record by encouraging more than 30,000 people to register in a single day.” “But in the first 48…
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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