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Texas Tribune: “Susan Wright’s campaign had reasons to feel good Tuesday morning, coming off a tele-rally with former President Donald Trump the night before and armed with internal polling showing…
“Despite departing from office and being barred from the leading social media platforms, former President Donald J. Trump was the Republican Party’s most dominant fund-raiser in the early months of…
“A heated confrontation between Reps. Madison Cawthorn and David McKinley over cosponsorship of a bill has escalated to a McKinley staffer filing an ethics complaint against Cawthorn,” Politico reports. “The…
No senator in Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s inner circle knew he was about to support Biden’s infrastructure bill “until moments before the vote,” Politico reports. The fact he played it…
Associated Press: “The department said 80% of Microsoft email accounts used by employees in the four U.S. attorney offices in New York were breached. All told, the Justice Department said…
“The Centers for Disease Control’s limited tracking of Covid-19 cases in vaccinated people is hindering public health officials’ attempts to stem the nationwide surge of the highly transmissible Delta variant,”…
CNN: “The administration is worried that the media’s focus on these instances of breakthrough infections might lead to people being more hesitant to get a vaccine.” Said one official: “The…
Playbook: “At midnight tonight, federal protections barring evictions will expire, putting millions of Americans at risk of losing their homes during the pandemic.” “The expiration has led to a wave…
“Joe Biden wagered his campaign and now his presidency on the premise that government itself could still work, even at a time of fractious political division,” the AP reports. “When…
Andrew Sullivan: “We are at a stage in this pandemic when we are trying to persuade the hold-outs — disproportionately white Republicans/evangelicals and urban African-Americans — to get vaccinated. How…
“If you’re not vaccinated and if you have not had Covid… you’re going to get the Delta variant.” — Adm. Brett Giroir, the Trump White House’s COVID-19 testing czar, on…
Wall Street Journal: “Growing numbers of people are getting Covid-19 vaccines in areas hit hard by the Delta variant—offering a glimmer of hope but still far short of what is…
New York Times: “The American political system has come down with a case of long Covid… The resurgence of the disease, driven by the fast-spreading Delta variant, threatens to halt…
John Stoehr: “History seems to be on the side of backlash. It happened in 1994, 2006, 2010 and 2014. If you’re a betting person, backlash is a sound bet.” “But…
“Excuse me, I’ve got to go pee and throw up.” — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R), quoted by the WV Metro News, after being briefed on the Delta variant…
Conservative talk radio host Phil Valentine remains hospitalized in his battle with COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator earlier this week “out of an abundance of caution,” WTVF reports….
“Senate Republicans are raising concerns about Hershel Walker’s past in a state widely viewed as their best pickup opportunity next year,” Politico reports. Said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX): “Some of…
“DNC Chair Jaime Harrison is delivering a letter to over 20 U.S. cities today, inviting them to apply to host the 2024 convention,” Axios reports. Save to Favorites
A new survey finds nearly two-thirds of Americans say they’d support federal, state or local governments requiring everyone to get a coronavirus vaccine. Also interesting: 45% of Republicans said they…
Associated Press: “The highest ranking Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly said Friday that he was expanding a probe into the 2020 presidential election, saying it will take more investigators and…
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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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