Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who’s facing a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations, was recently denied a meeting with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate as the ex-President and his allies continue to distance themselves from the Florida congressman, CNN reports.
Save to Favorites“The Supreme Court has been sitting on a potentially very significant abortion case for the last two months, one that the Court’s rules say it should dismiss,” Vox reports. “We’re…
Washington Post: “Seated at the tables are several dozen people, mostly Republicans, who spend hours watching ballots spin by, photographing them or inspecting them closely. They are counting them and…
“Sober, cerebral and with the poise of the top-shelf lawyer he once was, Keir Starmer promised competence rather than charisma when he became leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party last…
“Joe Biden has chosen Rahm Emanuel, a former congressman and Chicago mayor, to be US ambassador to Japan,” the Financial Times reports. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on…
Bloomberg: “Republicans aiming to retake the U.S. House next year will have to defend the party’s pandemic record, especially in Sun Belt districts that stand out for their grim death…
Reuters: “Supplies of gasoline tightened further in parts of the United States today as the shutdown of the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day, raising concern…
Thomas Friedman: “The Israeli government, the surrounding Arab nations and the Palestinian Authority all desperately want the answer to be ‘no’ — Israel because it would find little support from…
“One million people have signed up for health coverage under an Affordable Care Act special enrollment period announced earlier this year,” NBC News reports. “Biden issued an executive order in…
FiveThirtyEight: “Georgia is hardly the only state that’s made it harder to vote this year. Republican lawmakers have now enacted new voting restrictions in a total of 11 states —…
Playbook: “Taking out Cheney as conference chair was never going to be clean and easy for McCarthy. And this week, we’re starting to pick up on a bit of backlash…
“Sen. Ted Cruz has plowed more than $240,000 into Facebook advertising since the platform started accepting political ads again two months ago. The only sitting senator who has spent more…
Elaina Schor: “With Democrats preparing to try to put Trump effectively back on the ballot in next year’s midterms, we can expect to hear a lot more House Republicans being…
Axios: “We’ve seen Pelosi cut opponents off at the knees, like she did with President Trump, or pretend to forget their names, as she did to Sen. Ron Johnson. Now…
Dan Rather: “Republicans desperately want the mainstream press to cover the daily news cycle through the lens of traditional party politics. At the same time, they go on their propaganda…
“You have to lie to qualify to be a Republican.” — David Brooks, on the PBS NewsHour. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInShare on Email
“Glenn Youngkin, the multimillionaire businessman who sought to cast himself as a political outsider with the best chance to challenge Democratic power, will represent Republicans in the race to become…
A New York Times editorial: “All of the candidates in the June 22 Democratic primary are concerned with the welfare of their city and have thoughtful ideas about how to…
“Senate Republicans are signaling that they could raise the price tag of their infrastructure offer to President Joe Biden, days ahead of a pivotal series of meetings that could make-or-break…
Associated Press: “A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under…
Jonathan Bernstein: “The big thing to know is that rising partisan polarization means that congressional midterm elections are increasingly nationalized votes on the popularity of the incumbent president — which…
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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