Associated Press: “Senate Democrats say they are pushing toward a vote on expanded gun control measures as the nation reels from its second mass shooting in a week. But prospects for any major reform are dim, for now, in the closely divided Congress.”
Save to FavoritesJ.D. Vance (R), author of Hillbilly Elegy, has told friends and colleagues that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman (R-OH), Axios reports….
A new Economist/YouGov poll found that the FDA recommendation to pause distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine caused public confidence in the vaccine to sink 15 percentage points. Save…
The CDC has identified a small cohort of approximately 5,800 cases of Covid-19 infection among more than 66 million Americans who have completed a full course of vaccination, the Wall…
Doubling down on his pro-gun rights credentials, Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) signed a symbolic proclamation designating Nebraska as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State,” the Omaha World-Herald reports. Such a resolution…
“President Joe Biden has resisted signing off on raising the Trump-era refugee cap because of political optics,” CNN reports. “The President’s hesitation comes as the administration faces heat from Republicans…
Wall Street Journal: “The attack on the military section of the airport was carried out by a drone carrying explosives… The drone landed on a storage hangar at the air…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tears into Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in a new book, calling him an “enabler of some of the worst stuff” in Congress, The Hill…
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) “has hardly slowed his torrid fundraising pace since his narrow January runoff victory,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “The Democrat’s campaign said Thursday he raised more…
“The Biden administration announced it will sanction dozens of Russian officials and entities, expel 10 diplomats from the U.S., and set new restrictions on buying sovereign debt in response to…
Former Gov. Chris Christie (R) told the Republican Study Committee the GOP has forgotten how to fight, RealClearPolitics reports. Said Christie: “Oh, it’s ‘poor old Joe’ now? You can’t call…
The Cook Political Report introduced the post-2020 edition of the Partisan Voter Index for all 50 states and 435 congressional districts. Here’s how it works: “A Partisan Voter Index score…
“Mitch McConnell had an unusual request for Senate Republicans this week: Say nice things about two Democrats,” Politico reports. “Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) are under lots…
“Navy veteran Latham Saddler announced a challenge to U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Thursday with hopes of emphasizing his military experience to appeal to conservatives in what’s likely to be…
The House Judiciary Committee voted 25 to 17 to advance a bill that would create a commission to study reparations for Black Americans who are the descendants of slaves, the…
A Colorado geophysicist accused of beating up a cop at the Capitol riot will not be released before his trial because he allegedly attempted to flee to Switzerland, CNN reports….
Politico: “The likely GOP candidates in Pennsylvania’s open Senate race come in three familiar flavors: anti-Trump, Trumpy and Trumpiest.” “Though President Donald Trump lost Pennsylvania in 2020 and will have…
Associated Press: “With coronavirus shots now in the arms of nearly half of American adults, the parts of the U.S. that are excelling and those that are struggling with vaccinations…
Wall Street Journal: “Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce legislation on Thursday that would add four seats to the Supreme Court, an initiative that has slim hopes of passage but reflects…
Politico: “As Biden weighed a full exit from the country this spring, top military leaders advocated for keeping a small U.S. presence on the ground made up primarily of special…
“I always thought, when you negotiate, you come from two different positions, and both people move. That didn’t happen. We moved as a group of Republicans. The president never moved…
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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