Washington Post: “In a striking dynamic of the Trump era, analysts say, the judicial and legislative branches have been steadily transferring many of their powers to the executive — or at least acquiescing in the transfers. That has shaken up a system that depends on the three branches jostling sharply as each jealously guards its own prerogatives, many critics contend.”
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Punchbowl News: “House Republicans have delayed a vote on a controversial procedural resolution that would block members from challenging President Donald Trump’s tariff regime.” “The Republican leadership is twisting itself…
“Analilia Mejia, the newly christened Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district, will run in the April 16 special election with the support of the seat’s previous representative, Gov….
“Sen. Lisa Murkowski became the first Republican senator to speak out against the SAVE Act, a sweeping election bill backed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship…
“The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White…
“For the first time in years, Democrats are sounding the alarm about money problems,” the New York Times reports. “The Republican National Committee began this year with nearly $100 million…
Chuck Todd: “Retirements don’t cause midterm outcomes. But they signal them.” “Open seats remove incumbency advantage. They magnify the national mood. They accelerate waves. And when they pile up early,…
“Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick admitted to senators during testimony on Tuesday that he visited the notorious island owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein despite previously telling senators that…
Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D) announced on Tuesday that he was suspending his primary challenge for governor of New York, giving Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) a clear lane to the…
“New Jersey progressive candidate Analilia Mejia (D) looked set to clinch the Democratic nomination in the race for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D) old House seat Tuesday after former Rep. Tom…
Punchbowl News: “Here’s the truth — not all politics is local in the Trump era. The new adage should be ‘all politics is transactional.’” “Collins, who made her reelection bid…
Slightly more Americans think Democrats are the party most committed to reducing energy prices, a new Politico poll has found — yet another sign of potential trouble for President Trump…
“Rep. Maxine Waters, an institution of Los Angeles Democratic politics, is facing an upstart challenger from her party seeking to capitalize on the national wave of generational change-seekers,” Politico reports….
“It doesn’t please any president when I disagree with them. This president in particular will be very public about our disagreements.” — Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), in an interview with…
G. Elliot Morris: “An alternative theory of the 1992 election is that Bill Clinton won because the economy was terrible and voters blamed the incumbent, not because he moved to…
Rogé Karma: “Trump’s signature idea is simply to give people money. In November, he promised to send out a “tariff dividend” of $2,000 to all but the highest-earning Americans sometime…
Jonathan Chait: “One lesson that can be drawn from the second Trump administration is that being a member of the Kennedy family does not qualify you for public service. Yet…
Philip Elliot: “No candidate on the ballot this year made a bigger splash simply by entering a race than Ken Paxton. The firebrand Texas Attorney General is giving U.S. Sen….
Gary Kendrick, who has served on the El Cajon City Council since 2002, announced he has formally left the Republican Party and will run for re-election as a Democrat, the…
“Brian Varela, a businessperson running for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s most competitive House race, recently announced a ‘no negativity’ pledge in which he would focus on issues, not…
A Marquette University Law School poll conducted shortly before the latest Jeffrey Epstein document release showed just 50% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they had heard or read “a…
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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