“That is a damning non-answer.”
— Gov. Tim Walz (D), quoted by Axios, when Sen. J.D. Vance (R) refused to say whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Save to Favorites“That is a damning non-answer.”
— Gov. Tim Walz (D), quoted by Axios, when Sen. J.D. Vance (R) refused to say whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Save to FavoritesWill Saletan: “In Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, JD Vance and Tim Walz covered lots of issues: inflation, housing, guns, abortion, immigration, health care, and much more.” “But there was…
A new Navigator Research survey finds 50% of Americans now rate Project 2025 unfavorably and a majority oppose the plan. Among Americans who have heard about Project 2025, they most…
A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey shows Kamala Harris leading or tied with Donald Trump in all but one of the seven battleground states. Overall, she holds…
Playbook: “Not if you believe the polls. Beyond Poltico’s own survey, snap polls from CBS and CNN made similar findings: The debate just didn’t move the ball much.” “Consider it…
Asked who won Tuesday’s debate, voters were split 50-50 over whether it was J.D. Vance or Tim Walz, according to a Politico/Focaldata snap poll of likely voters conducted just after…
Axios: “Trump seemed intent on counter-programming his own running mate’s big night, reminding America who tops the ticket with live, all-caps screeds on Truth Social throughout the debate.” Save to…
New York Times: “Mr. Vance spent much of the night offering explanations for Mr. Trump’s policies that sounded accessible. But in one of the debate’s final exchanges, Mr. Vance found…
Molly Ball: “Without Donald Trump there as an easy target, Democrats’ argument is much harder to make.” “That was the most obvious conclusion from Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate between Republican JD…
“Donald Trump Jr. lashed out at anyone who would compare his father to Adolf Hitler as he appeared on a CNN special after Tuesday’s vice presidential debate,” the Daily Beast…
Aaron Blake: “Running mates are often tasked with being attack-dogs for their tickets. And both Vance and Walz got their licks in as the debate wore on — including a…
“Let’s start by saying that vice presidential debates generally don’t swing elections. But the 90-minute tilt between Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a throwback to…
“Tim Walz and JD Vance spent much of Tuesday night defending their running mates’ records. They were less successful promoting their bosses’ plans for the future,” Politico reports. “The two…
George Condon: “The American people got a throwback debate Tuesday night from two vice presidential candidates who reached back a few decades for a civil and generally cordial airing of…
A CBS News instant poll of vice presidential debate viewers found 42% believed J.D. Vance won, 41% thought Tim Walz won and 17% said it was a tie. A CNN…
Compared to the rest of this campaign, that was actually a real and civil debate. It focused more on policy specifics than anything we’ve seen so far — and I’d…
Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance will meet in New York City for a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News. The debate begins at 9 p.m. ET and…
Donald Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: Do you trust the election process this time around? TRUMP: I’ll let you know in about 33 days. Save to Favorites
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and NRSC Chair Steve Daines are grappling with an uncomfortable reality: Republican Senate challengers are lagging well behind former President Trump in public surveys,” Axios…
Tara Palmeri: “The power struggle between Trump’s ‘personal envoy,’ Corey Lewandowski, and campaign co-managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, apparently reached a tipping point earlier this month, leading to a…
Donald Trump falsely claimed that Kamala Harris has a “migrant phone app” which she uses to coordinate with drug cartels. Said Trump: “I will shut down all entries through Kamala’s…
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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