“Not a crime. Not a misdemeanor. Not an affair. I never liked horse face. That wouldn’t be the one. There is no one. We have a great First Lady.”
— Donald Trump at his rally in Waco, Texas.
Save to Favorites“Not a crime. Not a misdemeanor. Not an affair. I never liked horse face. That wouldn’t be the one. There is no one. We have a great First Lady.”
— Donald Trump at his rally in Waco, Texas.
Save to FavoritesHarry Enten: “Donald Trump should be running away with this election given how few people think the country is heading in the right direction.” “Instead, Trump and Vice President Kamala…
“Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla and SpaceX, strode onto the stage to cheers at Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday night, lifted his arms above his head and jumped…
“The U.S. Secret Service has deployed hundreds of agents and local law enforcement officials to guard former President Donald Trump when he returns to Butler, Pa., for a rally Saturday…
Just Security has created an annotated version of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 165-page brief in the election interference case against Donald Trump — identifying the names behind the redactions. Save…
“Hurricane Helene hit especially hard in heavily Republican areas of Georgia and North Carolina — a fact that could work to Donald Trump’s disadvantage in the two swing states,” Politico…
Donald Trump told NBC News he knew “nothing” about a TruthSocial post on his account falsely claiming he’d been endorsed by JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Said Trump: “I don’t…
“On the last day of August, President Joe Biden was asked about his fall campaign plans. He promised a Labor Day appearance in Pittsburgh and said he would be ‘on…
“The next president is on track to enter office with the fewest number of vacant federal judgeships to fill in more than three decades, the culmination of both parties diverging…
A new Tarrance Group poll in Nevada shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among likely voters, 47% to 44%. Four percent chose the unique Nevada option of “None of These…
New York Times: “Despite the many debunked falsehoods about widespread voting by noncitizens, liberal Latino advocacy groups say they are being trailed by conservative activists with cameras and accused of…
A judge threw out a Republican Party lawsuit Friday that claimed Georgia’s voting system was made vulnerable by the public disclosure of security features and computer code, the Atlanta Journal…
Wall Street Journal: “With lawmakers in their home districts for the final stretch of campaigning, analysts say the battle for control of the House is too close to call.” “New…
“The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term under the shadow of a presidential election that threatens to create fresh strains at a court already deeply enmeshed in the nation’s…
“Representative Eli Crane, a first-term Republican from Arizona, has been everywhere that will have him, promoting conspiracy theories about the assassination attempts against Mr. Trump, despite all evidence that such…
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…
Donald Trump said he would create a task force to monitor “woke generals” and eliminate diversity trainings in the military, The Independent reports. Save to Favorites
CNN: “Targeting irregular voters, teaching supporters to surveil polling places and bombarding states with voting-related lawsuits – this is the machine the Trump campaign has built for an election that…
Washington Post: “Harris is running a campaign about three times the size of Trump’s operation, according to recent spending reports. She has placed $263 million in ads between the end…
New York Times: “With polling averages showing all seven battleground states nearly tied, many Democrats believe their biggest advantage may be an extensive ground game operation that their party has…
“Donald Trump appeared to be well on his way to the White House after he was shot nearly three months ago. He was coming off a dominating debate performance against…
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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