Chris Riback talks to Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, authors of the bestseller, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America.
A great conversation and a great book.
Save to FavoritesChris Riback talks to Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, authors of the bestseller, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America.
A great conversation and a great book.
Save to Favorites“Donald Trump’s onetime ambassador and former primary rival, Nikki Haley, is in talks to join him on the campaign trail in an attempt to win over disaffected Republicans,” The Bulwark…
Tara Palmeri: “Despite the endless and voluminous and ubiquitous polling suggesting that we are careening toward a historically tight election, Donald Trump can only see an outcome in which he…
“Donald Trump and Melania Trump were all smiles as they made a rare public appearance together at the Al Smith charity dinner in New York City,” The Independent reports. ABC…
Judge Tanya Chutkan has denied Donald Trump’s effort to block a new dossier of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s evidence in the election inference case from becoming public. From the decision:…
Nate Silver: “It was almost inevitably going to happen at some point, given how close the forecast has been to 50/50 since Kamala Harris took over for Joe Biden. But…
With just 19 days until the election, Donald Trump posted that Kamala Harris should be replaced by Joe Biden: “Kamala should be investigated and forced off the Campaign, and Joe…
New York Times: “Some Trump advisers and allies say privately they are concerned that the dynamic may be repeating itself four years later. They worry that Mr. Trump’s impetuousness and…
A new CBS News/YouGov poll in Arizona finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris, 51% to 48%. In the U.S. Senate race, Ruben Gallego (D) leads Kari Lake (R), 54% to…
“A Michigan judge suggested Thursday that Republicans waited too long to file a suit challenging the right of some U.S. citizens who live abroad to vote in the swing state,”…
“U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego filed suit to end his marriage with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego just before she gave birth to their son and sought to keep the split…
A new Carolina Journal/Cygnal poll in North Carolina finds Kamala Harris and Donald Trump deadlocked among likely voters, 47% to 47%. Save to Favorites
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis privately told Bob Woodward that he agrees with the assessment laid out in his book War, which paints Donald Trump as a unique and menacing…
“Google will block election ads across all of its platforms after the last polls close on Nov. 5,” Axios reports. “The policy, first introduced during the 2020 election, is meant…
“No one in the United States is like ‘Oh my gosh, I will die if I don’t have health care.’” — Virginia U.S. Senate candidate Hung Cao (R), in an…
The Israel Defense Force confirmed it has killed top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the lead architect of the October 7 attack on Israel. Politico: “Sinwar was in a building in…
David French: “If you take Trump’s words seriously (and we should take every presidential candidate’s words seriously), his proposed policies mean more inflation, worse debt, greater international instability, incompetent or…
Charlie Sykes: “It’s not really an October Suprise, but Trump’s cognitively declining, incoherent, fascisty closing argument already belongs to the Ages.” “In less insane political moments, candidates try to put…
The National Rifle Association on Thursday canceled an Oct. 22 rally featuring Donald Trump, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Save to Favorites
“I thought your mother was the cat’s meow. She would flirt with me in the most innocent ways.” — Bill Clinton eulogizing Ethel Kennedy. Save to Favorites
“When former President Donald Trump started proposing new tax cuts on the campaign trail, pledging ‘no taxes on tips’ in June, Republicans rallied around his idea. Even Vice President Kamala…
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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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