“Look, when you’re in the United States Senate and you’re president of the United States and you have 50 Democrats, everyone is the president.”
— President Biden, quote by Bloomberg, at his CNN town hall meeting.
Save to Favorites“Look, when you’re in the United States Senate and you’re president of the United States and you have 50 Democrats, everyone is the president.”
— President Biden, quote by Bloomberg, at his CNN town hall meeting.
Save to FavoritesThe Oklahoman: “Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must…
“Even as polling shows the presidential race is a toss-up, Vice President Kamala Harris has been running with a measure of risk aversion that some Democratic strategists and activists worry…
“A few Republicans running for competitive or Democratic-leaning congressional seats are adopting and reviving a label that was nearly extinct in their party: pro-choice,” The Hill reports. “The terminology marks…
“House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said last night that embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams should not resign following his indictment on federal corruption and bribery charges, NBC News…
“New York and California, routinely overlooked in presidential elections, are shaping up as potentially pivotal battlegrounds in a nail-biter struggle for control of the U.S. House,” Bloomberg reports. “The outcome…
Tara Palmeri: “Melania Trump, like her husband and step kids, appears to be using this election as a merchandising opportunity.” “She’s leaked a few juicy nuggets every few days from…
“The pace of hiring picked up strongly in September and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%, signs the economy had continued momentum in a month the Federal Reserve delivered…
The Cook Political Report has five new House rating changes: Iowa 1: Lean R to Toss Up Iowa 3: Lean R to Toss Up Illinois 17: Lean D to Likely…
“Many Republican and Democratic strategists are openly skeptical of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign — except for its outreach to voters who rarely pay attention to politics,” NOTUS reports. “The strategy…
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“Former President Barack Obama is wading into the Senate race in Michigan, endorsing Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and starring in a new ad for her as some voters start to…
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Idaho state Sen. Dan Foreman (R) told Trish Carter-Goodheart (D), a member of the Nez Perce tribe and a candidate for the state House, “to go back to where she…
“Tim Sheehy stumped behind closed doors earlier this week here with a crowd of supporters eager to make him the GOP’s Senate majority maker,” CNN reports. “But the 38-year-old political…
“Progressives feel like they have finally cracked the code on ads that move voter attitudes: straight-to-camera first-person testimonials,” Politico reports. “That’s the takeaway from a series of new tests by…
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. We’ve already had four October surprises — but will any of them matter? The Harris campaign targets a new swing…
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 50% to 48%. A 34-point gender gap exists among likely voters nationally. 57% of men…
A new American University poll found that a majority of women trust Kamala Harris over Donald Trump to address inflation and bring down the cost of living. Another 46% prefer…
“Former President Barack Obama, the popular elder statesman of the Democratic Party, will stump for Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states in the month before Election Day, beginning with…
Axios: “Biden hasn’t scheduled public events in 43 of the 75 days since he dropped his re-election bid, a reflection of the 81-year-old president’s unpopularity and age limitations as he…
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.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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