“Naturally, people are going to retire, and turnover is a natural way, and the election is a natural way to do it. But what’s happening now is there’s fewer competitive seats, so the politicians are now picking the voters instead of the voters picking the elected officials.”
— Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), quoted by Mediaite.
Save to Favorites“House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said in an interview Friday he will invite former special counsel Jack Smith to testify in an open hearing as soon as this month in…
For much of the past year, congressional Republicans have marched in near-perfect formation behind Donald Trump. That alignment is starting to crack if several votes taken yesterday are any indication….
“The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t rule on challenges to President Donald Trump’s tariffs Friday, leaving markets in suspense on the fate of the administration’s signature economic policy,” Bloomberg reports. “The…
President Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures in the yet-to-be released December employment report, Bloomberg reports. The chart matched figures that were not publicly…
Garrett Graff: “One constant theme of conversations I’ve had over the last year has been the physical heaviness people feel in Trump’s America. I certainly felt it yesterday in the…
The Dispatch: “The political result of Trump’s full populism in his second term appears to be largely the same as the political results of his first term: a president with…
New York Times: “As Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York prepares for what could be the most consequential stretch of her career, much will hinge on her relationship with New…
A fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela was interdicted by U.S. forces in the Caribbean, CBS News reports. Save to Favorites
“Senate Republican leaders are kicking off an unofficial road tour Friday to sell voters on their signature legislative win — and play catch-up amid a relentless Democratic messaging effort,” Punchbowl…
“As an assistant professor at Columbia University, Abdul El-Sayed said he held dual U.S.-Egyptian citizenship. El-Sayed is now running for a Michigan Senate seat, and his campaign says that was…
President Trump said in an interview that aired Thursday night that the United States needed a $600 billion increase in military spending next year to address “some real threats out…
“Russia launched its nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile against Ukraine for only the second time, hitting the western region of Lviv near the Polish border overnight in a significant escalation of…
“The top 14 companies are coming here. They are going to go in. They are going to rebuild the whole oil infrastructure. They are going to spend at least $100…
“Employers added 50,000 jobs in December, notching a solid gain for the economy but ending the worst year for the labor market since the pandemic-era recession,” the Washington Post reports….
G. Elliot Morris: “ICE’s approval rating has collapsed since Trump took office — from +16, according to YouGov/The Economist polling last February, to -14 as of November.” “In a flash…
“Kristi Noem’s an idiot, right? Like, she went on TV before any of the facts were in. She made up this story on TV about ICE agents trying to dig…
“Any eventual U.S. trial against ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will rely on witness testimony from a seedy cast of characters — drug kingpins, corrupt generals and murderous government officials…
“The giant energy companies most capable of rebuilding Venezuela’s shattered oil fields are also the most skeptical about heeding President Donald Trump’s call to pour money into the country,” Politico…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the text of a bilateral security guarantee between Kyiv and Washington was “essentially ready” to be finalized with President Trump, Reuters reports. However, another Reuters…
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.