From CNBC/Change Research: ARIZONA: Biden 51%, Trump 45% FLORIDA: Biden 50%, Trump 45% MICHIGAN: Biden 51%, Trump 44% NORTH CAROLINA : Biden 50%, Trump 47% PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 49%, Trump 47%…
“President Trump’s re-election campaign committee ended September with only $63.1 million in the bank despite canceling some television buys late last month, leaving him badly outmatched financially against Joe Biden…
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Reuters: “Lawyers at Jones Day, which has earned millions as outside counsel to President Trump’s re-election campaign, have donated nearly $90,000 to the campaign committee of Trump’s Democratic rival Joe…
“Michael Bloomberg’s $100 million investment in Florida to defeat Donald Trump is recasting the presidential contest in the president’s must-win state, forcing his campaign to spend big to shore up…
“President Trump and his allies have tried to paint Joe Biden as soft on China, in part by pointing to his son’s business dealings there,” the New York Times reports….
NPR: “Two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The drop is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying…
From Reuters/Ipsos: MICHIGAN: Biden 51%, Trump 44% NORTH CAROLINA: Biden 49%, Trump 46% From East Carolina University: NORTH CAROLINA: Biden 51%, Trump 47% From Insider Advantage: IOWA: Biden 45%, Trump…
Senior officials tell CNN they are alarmed at White House pressure to grant what would essentially be a no-bid contract to lease the Department of Defense’s mid-band spectrum — premium…
“Lawyers appointed by a federal judge to identify migrant families who were separated by the Trump administration say they have yet to track down the parents of 545 children, and…
President Trump tweeted that he would post his interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes — which he abruptly cut short — before it airs on Sunday night. He called…
“Longtime Democratic aide Ron Klain is the leading candidate to be presidential nominee Joe Biden’s chief of staff if Biden wins the election,” Bloomberg reports. “Klain was Biden’s vice presidential…
President Trump called on Attorney General William Barr to immediately launch an investigation of Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the Justice Department muddy his political opponent…
Rudy Giuliani told a North Dakota radio station that the American public deserved to the story based off material from Hunter Biden’s laptop “even if it isn’t accurate.” Said Giuliani:…
“In the final throes of an increasingly daunting reelection campaign, President Trump is revving up his rally schedule and whipping his supporters into a frenzy with the type of nonstop…
Apparently there was some drama while President Trump was taping his 60 Minutes interview today, CNN reports. He abruptly ended his solo interview after around 45 minutes and did not…
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Senate Republicans that he has warned the White House not to make a big stimulus deal before the election,” the Washington Post reports….
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he talked to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) after the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, after she applauded chairman Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC)…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he will call a vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court next Monday, October 26, Axios reports. Save to…
New York Times: “Though there has been little public polling, there is growing anecdotal evidence that QAnon followers now make up a small but significant minority of Republicans… The phenomenon…
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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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