Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) told CNN that “we’ve all got to be upfront and honest about what we saw in the debate, it was rough.”
He added: “And regardless of polls that you see, it’s going to hurt the campaign.”
Save to FavoritesKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) told CNN that “we’ve all got to be upfront and honest about what we saw in the debate, it was rough.”
He added: “And regardless of polls that you see, it’s going to hurt the campaign.”
Save to Favorites“After several days of quiet griping and hoping that President Biden would abandon his re-election campaign on his own, many wealthy Democratic donors are trying to take matters into their…
“Britain’s Labour Party was projected by Friday morning to win a landslide election victory, sweeping the Conservative Party out of power after 14 years, in an anti-incumbent revolt that heralded…
Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time…
Sidney Blumenthal: “If Joe Biden were as ruthless about immunity as Donald Trump…” Save to Favorites
“Vice President Kamala Harris has become subject to increasing Republican political attacks and mentions on social media as speculation mounts that she could replace President Biden on the Democratic ticket…
“Uncertainty over whether President Biden will continue seeking re-election, despite his pledges to stay in the race, has sharpened the focus on Donald Trump’s political calculations for choosing his Republican…
“I screwed up, I made a mistake but I learned from my father, when you get knocked down, you just get back up—get back up. We’re going to win this…
Donald Trump made a Fourth of July post on Truth Social about President Biden. Wrote Trump: “Happy Fourth of July to all, including to our highly incapable ‘President’ … who…
The Economist: “Mr Biden deserves to be remembered for his accomplishments and his decency rather than his decline. So it is right that the first senior Democrats have begun to…
Polymarket betting suggests there’s a 62% chance Joe Biden exits the presidential race. Save to Favorites
“Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is set to fall well short of an absolute majority in the French legislative election on Sunday, according to projections from three polling companies,” Bloomberg…
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Legal experts tell CBS News that are skeptical that Donald Trump’s 11th-hour effort to overturn his conviction in Manhattan on 34 felony counts will be successful.Save to Favorites
“Reed Hastings, the Netflix co-founder who in recent years has become one of the biggest donors to the Democratic Party, called on Wednesday for President Biden to relinquish his place…
“There are multiple drafts of letters circulating among House Democrats and at least one would call on Biden to end his campaign,” Politico reports. “Even for Congress, where rumors constantly…
A new Daily Mail/J.L. Partners poll finds 52% of voters think dementia was the cause of President Biden’s poor debate performance.Save to Favorites
Playbook: “For years, Joe Biden’s team has responded to a storm of bad news with a tried and true approach: hunker down, ignore the chattering class and weather the storm.”…
Philip Bump: “Democrats are more proud of the U.S. Republicans are more likely to view it as the greatest country on Earth.”Save to Favorites
We’re on an incredible ride in politics these days but let’s pause and be thankful for a country that lets us debate freely. Our democracy seems increasingly fragile but it’s…
“Political candidates have a new campaign expense: Apple AirTags,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The button-size geotracking device has become a popular tool in the rough-and-tumble world of local elections,…
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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