Washington Post: “A few exit poll findings stand out. One is that 31 percent of voters said Trump wouldn’t be fit to serve as president if he’s convicted of a crime. South Carolina becomes the third early state to show that at least 3 in 10 voters said a convicted Trump wouldn’t be fit.”
“Just because these voters say he wouldn’t be fit doesn’t mean they wouldn’t vote for him, but it would surely be a hurdle for at least some voters to get over.”
Save to Favorites“At least 16 people have been killed in armed clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, as tensions over a century-old border dispute spiral into the worst fighting between the two Southeast…
“The Kremlin on Friday ruled out any meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before the last stage in signing a peace deal, definitively rebuffing the…
“The Trump administration plans to release more than $5 billion in funding to public schools that it has withheld for nearly a month, a senior administration official said Friday, ending…
The Ethics Committee found that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) “failed to fully comply with the Gift Rule by impermissibly accepting a gift of free admission to the 2021 Met Gala…
“Three days after state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R) announced he was dropping his reelection bid, the conservative news site Current Revolt published an interview with a former exotic dancer who…
“Disgraced former Rep. George Santos is set to report to prison on Friday, beginning a more than seven-year sentence after pleading guilty to a laundry list of federal charges that…
“Media Matters, a nonprofit group that has played a key role in liberal politics, is struggling to withstand months of legal assaults by President Trump’s allies, offering a glimpse of…
Election forecasters are facing a new kind of uncertainty ahead of the 2026 midterm elections: the congressional maps may change. In a typical cycle, the battleground districts are largely locked…
“President Trump on Friday suggested the government might consider issuing rebate checks to some Americans from the tariff revenue collected this year,” Axios reports. Said Trump: “We have so much…
A Gothamist analysis found that more than 70% of voters who fully filled out all five slots on their ranked-choice primary ballots did not rank Andrew Cuomo among their chosen…
President Trump said he had the ability to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, in exchange for her cooperation with ongoing investigations but had not yet…
Washington Post: “During the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, affluent Americans who benefited from tax cuts were more likely to be Republicans. The political…
“Republican leaders are facing growing calls from their members to extend a bucket of funding for the Affordable Care Act that is slated to expire at the end of this…
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ICEBlock is an anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity with just two taps on their phone. John Gruber: “To maintain anonymity and store…
“Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has told multiple associates and allies that there’s no chance he will bow to President Donald Trump’s calls for him to resign, vowing to withstand…
“Rupert Murdoch, he’s my new hero. Man, this guy’s got more guts than the entire Democratic Party put together. Go Rupert. Go, cat, go.” — James Carville, on Fox News….
“An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.S….
“Zohran Mamdani is naming a new campaign manager and hiring additional staff, as the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor aims both to consolidate support heading into the November…
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.