“Well Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage… Because as the saying goes, ‘If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.’”
— Kamala Harris, quoted by the New York Times.
Save to Favorites“Well Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage… Because as the saying goes, ‘If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.’”
— Kamala Harris, quoted by the New York Times.
Save to FavoritesThe hosts of the “All In” podcast, who are now raising money for Donald Trump, wanted the former president jailed and disqualified after January 6, The Bulwark reports. Said Chamath…
Just published: Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America’s Politics Forever by Chris Wallace. “The election of 1960 holds stunning parallels to our current political…
“I had no problem with conservative opinion any more than I do with liberal opinion. But what I do have a problem with is conspiracy and lies. The truth is…
“A former New York City official was charged Tuesday with witness tampering and destroying evidence in connection with a federal investigation that led to Mayor Eric Adams’ bribery indictment,” the…
“This year’s spending to elect a president and members of Congress will hit at least $15.9 billion – putting 2024 on track to become the nation’s most expensive federal election,”…
“President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to focus on the response to Hurricane Milton, the second major storm in two weeks to impact the…
“Donald Trump has secretly spoken with President Vladimir Putin of Russia as many as seven times since leaving office, even as he was pressuring Republicans to block military aid to…
At the end of her “60 Minutes” interview last night, Kamala Harris was asked about Donald Trump backing out of his previously scheduled interview with the program. She had simple…
A USA Today analysis of the nation’s 3,113 counties shows “a striking realignment since 2012 that has intensified the partisan leanings in states across the country, leaving only a handful…
60 Minutes had the receipts about Donald Trump cancelling his interview claiming “nothing was ever scheduled or locked in” but text messages proved otherwise, CBS News reports.Save to Favorites
Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde (R) “has been circulating false claims about Hurricane Helene that federal officials are urging people to stop spreading,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.Save to…
“As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly…
“A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across…
If the polls are correct and the election were held today, Kamala Harris would pull out a narrow win. But nobody trusts the polls, right? Join now to continue reading….
“That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy. He’s a bad fucking guy!” — President Biden, quoted by CNN in Bob Woodward’s new book, War.Save to Favorites
CNN has some more tidbits from Bob Woodward’s new book, War: Woodward writes that Biden’s national security team at one point believed there was a real threat, a 50% chance,…
Nate Silver: “I’ve never seen an election in which the forecast spent more time in the vicinity of 50/50, and I probably never will…” “On average, since our forecast relaunch…
“A new movie about young Donald Trump hits theaters Friday, despite Trump trying to block its release. It paints an unflattering portrait of his rise as a real estate mogul…
“The Biden administration has in recent weeks grown increasingly distrustful of what the Israeli government says about its military and diplomatic plans in the multi-front war it is fighting,” Axios…
Previously undisclosed correspondence reveals that the FBI probe into Brett Kavanaugh when he was a Supreme Court nominee was constrained by the Trump White House, the Washington Post reports. “The…
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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