“I observed him to be a man who is not mentally fit for the job… He’s a narcissist, and he’s a pathological liar.”
— Former Rep. Jim Greenwood’s (R-PA), on MSNBC, explaining why he’s voting for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.
Save to Favorites“I observed him to be a man who is not mentally fit for the job… He’s a narcissist, and he’s a pathological liar.”
— Former Rep. Jim Greenwood’s (R-PA), on MSNBC, explaining why he’s voting for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.
Save to Favorites“Donald Trump will reiterate plans to use an immigration law from 1798 to target members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua for deportation at an event Friday in Aurora,…
“Donald Trump has been privately asking confidants what they would think of his appointing his former White House domestic policy adviser, Brooke Rollins, as his chief of staff if he…
Several cities are seeking more than $750,000 in unpaid fees from Donald Trump’s campaign for rallies held over the past several years, NBC News reports. Four cities say Trump owes…
“Donald Trump turned down Fox News’s invitation to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on the air this month,” the New York Times reports. “But the Republican nominee will appear on…
Kamala Harris plans to air a new TV commercial this weekend spotlighting a negative remark Donald Trump made about Detroit, the Detroit News reports. The spot will air during the…
Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania: OBAMA: Do you think Donald Trump has ever changed a tire in his life?… You think Donald Trump’s ever changed a diaper?…
“Donald Trump’s campaign quietly has changed a key part of its messaging operation, tapping Trump 2020 veteran Tim Murtaugh to lead its communications in the final month before the election,”…
Pollster John Della Volpe to Semafor: “I think that many folks underestimated the degree to which younger people were looking for political leaders they could connect with. There’s not a…
“Mark Milley, the US Army general who Donald Trump appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, now says the current Republican presidential nominee is a “fascist to the…
Wall Street Journal: “John Thune, the second highest-ranking Republican in the Senate, was in Palm Beach, Fla., for fundraisers with his wife, Kimberley Thune, and called to see if Trump…
“JPMorgan Chase said the U.S. economy remains strong for both consumers and big companies, a sign that the Federal Reserve may have achieved the much-discussed soft landing with lower inflation…
Vanity Fair: “Bannon, a self-declared general of global populists, wants to break the world order. And he’s tapped into something much bigger than Trumpism.”Save to Favorites
Charlie Warzel: “The truth is, it’s getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality. As Hurricane Milton churned across the Gulf…
Donald Trump has not played golf since an apparent assassination attempt near one of his courses on Sept. 15, and he will not do so until after the election, NBC…
A new Pew Research survey finds Kamala Harris edging Donald Trump nationally among registered voters, 48% to 47% with another 5% opting for a third-party candidate. The poll also shows…
Nate Silver: “So as long as I’ve been covering politics, people have been fascinated by internal polls (surveys that the campaigns themselves or closely affiliated partisan groups conduct). Especially given…
“The word ‘grocery,’ it’s a sort of simple word. But it sort of means, like, everything you eat. The stomach is speaking, it always does. And I have more complaints…
William Kristol: “Credit to Obama for trying to persuade members of his own community, who voted overwhelmingly for him, to turn out as strongly for Harris. It would be nice…
“Donald Trump’s campaign has requested a series of additional security measures, including military assets, in conversations with the White House and the Secret Service because of continuing threats to his…
James Carville talked to the New York Times about Kamala Harris’ campaign: “It strikes me that they are really good at big events. I don’t know how good they are…
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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