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Who Should Be the Democratic Nominee In 2024?

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Should Joe Biden run for president again in 2024 or will he be too old? If Biden doesn’t run, who should be the Democratic nominee?

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Democrats On Track to Lose the Senate

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The President’s party averages roughly 47.5% of the two-party vote in midterm election. The FiveThirtyEight average shows Democrats are polling just a bit better at 48.7%.

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What Are Democrats Supposed to Do?

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A Politico/Morning Consult poll earlier this week found that 46% of voters who received the now expired child tax credit say they’ll back a Republican House candidate in the midterm elections.

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2022 Senate Overview: Advantage Republicans

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Just for members: The latest edition of Inside Elections.

This issue is a 2022 Senate Overview featuring updated analysis and polling in all 35 races, as well as an overall projection for the chamber. Republicans are most likely to gain 1 to 3 seats, which even the lowest end of the range would be enough for a majority.

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A Few Thoughts for the End of the Week

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It won’t surprise you that we talked a lot about the news in my family when I was a kid. As a result, at a pretty early age, I learned what news was trustworthy and what should be questioned.

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Walking Back Biden’s ‘Gaffe’ Was Much Worse

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As we covered in great detail over the weekend, nine words at the end of President Biden’s speech in Poland sent the foreign policy establishment into a tizzy.

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Green Party Sues Indiana Over Ballot Access

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For members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This edition includes the latest on the Green Party’s effort to get on the ballot in Indiana as well as the latest of many ballot access cases around the country.

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Member Briefing with Huma Abedin

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This event was rescheduled for tonight: Members can join a briefing with Huma Abedin, the former top aide to Hillary Clinton and author of Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds.

This event is hosted by Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, moderated by Chris Riback and will be held virtually on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. ET.

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Putin’s Embrace of Trump Finally Backfired

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There’s a great line in the movie Miracle, about the 1980 U.S. hockey team upsetting the Russians: “Great moments are born from great opportunity.”

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Why Republicans Are Lucky Trump Isn’t on the Ballot

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The latest Wall Street Journal poll finds that 15% of U.S. voters don’t like either Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

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Whose Side Are You On?

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Despite Donald Trump’s praise of Russian president Vladimir Putin as a “genius” and “very saavy,” the vast majority of Americans are siding with Ukraine right now.

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About Political Wire

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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