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British Election Unlikely to Yield Clear Winner

May 6, 2015 at 4:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

“The U.K. will hold one of its most unpredictable elections in decades Thursday, and with no clear winner likely, the stage is set for days of political horse-trading to determine the country’s next leader,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The U.K. has traditionally seen government pass between the two main parties—the Conservatives, currently led by Prime Minister David Cameron, and the Labour Party, led by Ed Miliband. But the latest polls suggest that neither will win a majority of seats in Parliament—and may need more than one other party to cobble one together.”

Clinton’s Inner Circle Revealed

May 6, 2015 at 4:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

Bloomberg: “The document, a draft memo from campaign manager Robby Mook dated April 21, includes lists of staffers who make up the initial roster of a daily 9 a.m. conference call for senior aides and a thrice-weekly 8 a.m. strategy session. A top campaign official, who confirmed the names on the lists, says that as the operation has ramped up, the strategy calls have taken place regularly, while the senior staff call has been more sporadic.”

“While the lists reflect the core participants, other advisers have at times been included. Aides expect the makeup of both calls to shift over time. Still, the document offers insight into Clinton’s starting lineup as she embarks on her second presidential journey–a snapshot of the high command as her campaign launches.”

Jindal’s New Book Will Offer Lessons from History

May 6, 2015 at 4:23 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

Coming this fall: American Will: The Forgotten Choices that Changed Our Republic by Gov. Bobby Jindal.

In a statement, the AP notes Jindal called the book a work of history and “a call to arms” for the future as he reviews events ranging from the Louisiana Purchase to the Cold War.

Clinton Sets an Immigration Trap for Republicans

May 6, 2015 at 1:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 108 Comments

Jonathan Chait: “Yesterday, Hillary Clinton surprised immigration advocates, and nearly everybody else, by taking an unexpectedly liberal stance on executive action and comprehensive reform. There’s no reason to doubt that Clinton, like most Democrats, genuinely believes in the humanitarian and economic merits of these policies. But it is also a power play that demonstrates how swiftly the immigration issue has moved in her party’s favor, and how she plans to box in her opponents.”

Rand Paul Paid $100K for RandPaul.com

May 6, 2015 at 1:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 16 Comments

Days before Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) launched his bid for president, his campaign shelled out more than $100,000 to a domain-buying firm to purchase the domain name RandPaul.com, according to National Journal.

“The payment is an enormous sum even in the murky world of political cybersquatting… Patrick Ruffini, a veteran GOP digital strategist, said that he had never heard of a campaign paying so much for a URL, though he was not shocked.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

May 6, 2015 at 12:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

“It’s OK to question your government. I do it on a regular basis. But the military is something else. Our military is quite trustworthy. The civilian leadership, you can always question that, but not the men and women in uniform.”

— Rick Perry, quoted by the Dallas Morning News, on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) questioning of Jade Helm 15 military training exercises.

Netanyahu Struggles to Form Coalition

May 6, 2015 at 11:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 28 Comments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is still struggling to put together a new right wing coalition government in Israel before a looming deadline at midnight on Wednesday,” the Guardian reports.

“Although the prime minister is expected to scrape together a coalition by the thinnest of margins – with the key support of the far-right Jewish Home party led by Naftali Bennett – it appears it will be at the head of an unstable and vulnerable government. Failure to meet the deadline would mean that the Israeli president, Reuven Rivlin, would be required to ask another Israeli MP to try to form a government.”

Kamala Harris Aide Accused of Running Rogue Police Force

May 6, 2015 at 9:03 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 52 Comments

An aide to California Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) and two others “are accused of operating a rogue police force that claimed to exist for more than 3,000 years and have jurisdiction in 33 states and Mexico,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

“Suspicions about the Masonic Fraternal Police Department — whose members trace their origins to the Knights Templar — were aroused when various police chiefs in Southern California received a letter in late January that announced new leadership for the group.”

What Americans Don’t Want in a President

May 6, 2015 at 9:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

Wonk Wire highlights the traits voters don’t like in their leaders.

Quote of the Day

May 6, 2015 at 8:59 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

“I think you never say never in politics.”

— Former Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK), quoted by Politico, when asked whether he’d run against Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in 2016.

Clinton Isn’t Ready to Disclose Her Donors

May 6, 2015 at 8:56 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

“Clinton’s campaign finance rhetoric appears to be aimed at super PACs, the quasi-independent organizations that bolster campaigns by buying ads. But when it comes to the major funders behind her own presidential campaign, the Democratic front-runner has yet to answer questions about how transparent she’s willing to be. When Mother Jones questioned the Clinton camp about whether it will disclose the names and fundraising totals of the key supporters—known as “bundlers”—who raise vast sums of cash, a spokesperson declined to provide an answer, saying only that the campaign was still figuring out its plans.”

Huckabee Declares Himself Defender of Entitlements

May 6, 2015 at 8:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments

Mike Huckabee “drew roaring cheers from supporters on Tuesday as the latest entrant in a sprawling field of Republican presidential candidates by declaring himself the guardian of so-called entitlement programs, warning, ‘Let them end their own congressional pensions, not your Social Security!,'” the New York Times reports.

“But his pledge to fend off any tinkering with the popular Social Security and Medicare programs put him at odds with his Republican opponents, exposing growing fault lines in the party over an issue that has long been considered a political third rail.”

Tweet of the Day

May 6, 2015 at 8:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 11 Comments

I suspect Dr. Ben Carson is about to learn that running for President of the United States is not brain surgery.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 4, 2015

New Jersey Voters Don’t Want Christie for President

May 6, 2015 at 8:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 16 Comments

A new Monmouth University poll finds New Jersey voters believe Jeb Bush would make a better president than Chris Christie, 42% to 27%. Similarly, more Garden State voters believe Scott Walker would make a better president than Christie, 34% to 24%.

“Just 29% of Gov. Christie’s Garden State constituents believe he has the right temperament to be president, while 67% say he does not. Large majorities of Democrats (78%) and independents (64%) – as well as a majority (54%) of Republicans – say Christie does not have the right temperament to lead the country. Just three months ago, a solid majority (66%) of Republicans believed Christie did have the proper disposition for the presidency.”

Woman Files Suit Against All Homosexuals

May 6, 2015 at 7:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 77 Comments

A Nebraska woman identifying herself as the “ambassador” for plaintiffs “God and His Son, Jesus Christ,” is suing all homosexuals on Earth for breaking “religious and moral laws,” NBC News reports.

Jon Stewart Takes on Ted Cruz

May 6, 2015 at 7:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

Jon Stewart tries to narrow down the GOP presidential field.

McCain at Risk of Losing GOP Senate Nomination

May 6, 2015 at 7:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 19 Comments

A new Public Policy Polling survey in Arizona finds Sen. John McCain’s troubles with conservatives “have him in a whole lot of trouble for reelection next year.”

Key findings: “Even among Republican primary voters just 41% approve of the job he’s doing to 50% who disapprove. Only 37% of primary voters say they generally support him for renomination, compared to 51% who say they would prefer someone ‘more conservative.'”

De Blasio to Unveil a ‘Contract with America’

May 6, 2015 at 7:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), “using his muscular perch to try to nudge the national Democratic Party to the left, next week will unveil a 13-point progressive agenda that he hopes will be the left’s answer to the ‘Contract with America,’ which helped propel Newt Gingrich and the Republican Revolution of 1994,” Politico reports.

Rolling Stone: “Bill de Blasio is trying to remake America’s biggest city — and he doesn’t plan to stop there.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan 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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