Jack Shafer: “If Dean Phillips thinks Biden’s approval numbers portend his defeat at the hand of Donald Trump next year, which could very well be the case, Phillips must have plans to improve those numbers if he’s so lucky to take Biden’s place on the ballot but continue those policies.”
“But if that were such a doable task, wouldn’t it make more sense to simply give his secret plan to Biden for execution?”
Axios: Biden yawns at primary challenge from Dean Phillips.
Save to Favorites“The longest government shutdown in US history may be over — but its economic fallout is still coming into focus,” Semafor reports. “At least $11 billion in real GDP will…
“Georgia swing voters in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups expressed frustration with Democrats for dragging out a federal government shutdown only to end it without a guarantee from Republicans to…
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) told McKay Coppins that ICE agents should refuse unlawful orders. KELLY: Don’t have bad interactions with people. Do the job in a respectful way and follow…
Jonathan Lemire: “Since his return to office, President Donald Trump has missed few chances to flex the power he wields over the nation’s most formidable institutions and its wealthiest people….
Yair Rosenberg: “A few recent breaks with her party do not negate a lifetime of conspiracies.” Save to Favorites
“A growing number of House Democrats are calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step aside from leadership,” Axios reports. “Schumer is highly unlikely to heed their calls,…
“President Trump has been dining with Wall Street bigwigs. He has embarked on an opulent revamp of the White House at a time when Americans are struggling to pay their…
Gallup: “For the second straight year, about one in five Americans say they would like to leave the U.S. and move permanently to another country if they could. This heightened…
President Trump went after what he called “weak Republicans” for backing an effort to compel the Justice Department to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Deadline reports. Said…
“As it pushes back on suggestions of conflicts of interest, the financial boutique is on track for its most lucrative year ever,” Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
“Employers have a warning for the Class of 2026: Next spring’s graduate-hiring market is likely to be even worse than this year’s,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Six months out…
“Jeffrey Epstein was not a pedophile… He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls… There’s a difference between a 15 year old and a…
“Switzerland said on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the United States to lower a punishing 39 percent tariff on Swiss goods to 15 percent, a change that…
“Despite a polarized, partisan political environment, most voters who consider themselves a member of a party say they have a close friend on the other side of the aisle,” according…
“Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and MAGA influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda,…
“Most of the senators whose data was requested as part of the investigation that led to special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 probe have now distanced themselves from a provision…
“The largest city in Alaska is about to undertake an experiment that feels both inevitable and impossibly futuristic in an era of pervasive mistrust toward elections: allowing all voters to…
“There is no question that what we have seen over the last six months is a massive cover up effort by Donald Trump to prevent the release of the DOJ’s…
G. Elliot Morris: “As of Q3 2025, the Democrats have their first lead on the economy in over 5 years — and the largest lead over Republicans in over a…
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.