“If he wins, it’s not like putting a fox in the henhouse. It’s like blowing up the henhouse.”
— Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), quoted by Politico, on the possibility of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) becoming speaker.
Save to Favorites“If he wins, it’s not like putting a fox in the henhouse. It’s like blowing up the henhouse.”
— Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), quoted by Politico, on the possibility of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) becoming speaker.
Save to FavoritesRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is “begging” wife Cheryl Hines not to file for divorce in the wake of his alleged “personal relationship” with journalist Olivia Nuzzi, People magazine reports. Said…
“Donald Trump may lose the election, but Kamala Harris is largely conceding he has won the argument on the border,” Axios reports. “Both Trump and Harris are now pledging to…
New York Times: “A 2022 study by a pair of University of Montana scholars found that Mr. Trump’s speech complexity was significantly lower than that of the average president over…
“The campaigns of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made strategic adjustments to the content of their TV advertisements between August and September, a CNN analysis of ad tracking data shows,…
NBC News: “With just weeks left before the November election, former President Donald Trump has taken to promoting items and businesses that are not at all connected to his presidential…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Sunday refused to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, USA Today reports. Said Johnson: “You want us to litigate things…
“Andrew Cuomo wants out of the political wilderness. Many fellow New York Democrats wish he would stay there,” Politico reports. “Concern over Cuomo possibly running for New York City mayor…
“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to step in and immediately decide issues related to mail-in ballots in the commonwealth with early voting already under way in the few weeks…
“The Supreme Court returns to its bench Monday with an agenda that includes cases on guns, pornography and transgender medical care, as the justices brace for a slew of last-minute…
Kamala Harris’ campaign is directly invoking special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation to attack Donald Trump with a new ad, Politico reports. From the new ad: “We knew it was bad….
“Florida is facing the threat of another major hurricane making landfall in the state, prompting state emergency officials to prepare for the evacuation of potentially more than 6 million residents…
“Senate Republican spending is heavily concentrated in just a handful of races — a distribution that doesn’t match the reality of the battleground map,” Politico reports. “That dynamic is the…
Sen. J.D. Vance had kind words for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — just hours after she suggested that a mysterious “they” can control the weather and inflicted Hurricane Helene…
“Oil executives have emerged as an increasingly important source of funding for Donald Trump, as industry titans open their wallets to bolster the Republican nominee’s campaign for a second term…
“Republicans’ faith in the accuracy of the election results nationwide has sunk 16 points since the 2020 election, now registering 28%. This follows an 11-point decline to 44% in 2020…
“If you think the lies and distortions and know-nothing takes about FEMA are bad, just wait until this time next month.” — Tim Alberta, on X, warning about the misinformation…
“President Joe Biden is planning a pair of economic announcements — including new student loan debt relief — before departing for a trip to Germany and Angola as the White…
Wall Street Journal: “Some executives in the largely pro-Trump oil industry are worried the former president, if re-elected, would side with conservative lawmakers who want to gut the IRA. They…
Georgia Democrats trolled Donald Trump at yesterday’s Georgia-Auburn game. Save to Favorites
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) told NBC News that special counsel Jack Smith’s recent filing on the election interference case against Donald Trump “was a temper tantrum from a deranged fanatic.”…
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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