“President Trump promised an economic golden age when he returned to office last year,” Axios reports.
“Instead, voters are in their crankiest mood in years about their financial outlook — and the pessimism is spreading even to Republicans.”
“The growing GOP gloom could hardly come at a worse time for Trump and the party — less than six months out from a midterm election that’s likely to turn on the economy.”
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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.