A new University of Texas poll in Texas finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris in the presidential race, 49% to 44%.
A new Emerson College poll in Texas finds Trump ahead 50% to 46%.
Save to FavoritesA new University of Texas poll in Texas finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris in the presidential race, 49% to 44%.
A new Emerson College poll in Texas finds Trump ahead 50% to 46%.
Save to FavoritesPresident Biden praised law enforcement for helping keep former President Trump safe during a shooting incident that investigators said “appears to be an attempted assassination” of the Republican presidential nominee…
“Donald Trump was said to be shocked at what the FBI described as the second attempt on his life in two months, but he was already cracking jokes about it…
Donald Trump is planning a visit to Springfield, Ohio — the community that has been inundated with threats since he started spreading lies about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of…
Officials believe an armed individual intended to target Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, CNN reports. Save to Favorites
David Frum: “If a candidate for president surrounds himself with lunatics, crooks, and agents of hostile foreign powers, the patriotic response is not: ‘Oh no, he might cost himself the…
“Donald Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity, his campaign said in a statement on Sunday,” Reuters reports. “It said no further details were available.” Trump was playing golf…
A Wall Street Journal editorial: “A growing segment of the American right is populated by, and susceptible to, cranks and conspiracists. A movement that used to admire William F. Buckley…
A couple of hours after Donald Trump wrote on social media that he hates Taylor Swift, the Harris campaign released a statement saying voters are “ready to Forget That He…
“The Republican Party has largely refashioned itself in former president Donald Trump’s image in the past five years, with downballot candidates jockeying for his endorsement, hugging him tightly on the…
Sen. J.D. Vance dodged answering whether Donald Trump would veto a national abortion ban if he were president, Politico reports. Said Vance: “I think that I’ve learned my lesson on…
Sen. J.D. Vance admitted on CNN that he spread lies about the Haitian community in Springfield: “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention…
“Kristi Noem, who shot her dog, is stumping for Trump in Pennsylvania after he claimed that immigrants are eating pets.” — Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 2024. Save to Favorites
“Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) offered one of the most vociferous defenses of Haitian immigrants in Springfield yet from a Republican as their presence in the city becomes a chief…
“In this city thrust unwillingly into the white hot center of Donald Trump’s immigration wars, conspiratorial fervor lept from internet memes into the humdrum tasks of everyday life. Just since…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’s being investigated for cutting the head off a whale, NBC News reports. Said Kennedy: “This is all about the weaponization of our government against…
“Laura Loomer is a crazy conspiracy theorist who regularly utters disgusting garbage intended to divide Republicans. A DNC plant couldn’t do a better job than she is doing to hurt…
Politico: “The president is putting together a national campaign to persuade voters who have so far resisted his efforts to argue that his administration achieved what will one day be…
“Donald Trump allies are worried that the former president’s ties to right-wing activist Laura Loomer could cost him votes in key battleground states,” NBC News reports. “The allies told NBC…
Donald Trump posts on Truth Social: “I hate Taylor Swift!” Save to Favorites
“That was bonkers.” — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), quoted by the New York Times, after listening to Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) double-down on false claims of Haitian migrants eating…
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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