“Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a longtime defender of the legislative filibuster, came out in support of nuking it on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign over the SAVE America Act — and the president’s continued refusal to endorse Cornyn in his runoff,” Punchbowl News reports.
“It was a stunning — but unsurprising — reversal from Cornyn, who’s hoping to get Trump’s endorsement over Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”
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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.