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Political WireAll the political news in one placePolitical Wire Front Page Members Subscribe Sign In Trending Resources Politics Extra Political Job Hunt Political Dictionary Electoral Vote Map Advertise Newsletter Contact Us Members should sign in for the full experience. Harris and Trump Face a ‘Biden Test’ September 10, 2024 at 8:40 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment The presidential debate in June was so devastating to Joe Biden because within minutes it amplified his biggest weakness. More than 50 million viewers immediately understood why Biden’s age might be an issue. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face a similar test tonight. Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and no advertising. Learn more. If you’re already a member, sign in to your account. Schumer Plots Judges Blitz September 10, 2024 at 8:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and senior White House officials are strategizing how to beat former President Trump’s record on confirming federal judges,” Axios reports. “For Schumer and President Biden, the judiciary is personal. But Democrats have two challenges in surpassing Trump’s 234 mark: a clock that’s ticking and a Senate that’s functionally 50-50 on judicial nominations.” Tuberville Blocks Another Pentagon Nomination September 10, 2024 at 7:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)’s office said Monday he’s blocking the nomination of Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark to a top Army role over concerns about his role in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization not being immediately disclosed,” Axios reports. You're reading the free version of Political Wire. Become a member to get many great benefits. If you're already a member, log in to get the full experience. Conservative Activist Vows to ‘Crush’ Liberal America September 10, 2024 at 7:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment Leonard Leo, the former executive vice president of the Federalist Society, told the Financial Times his nonprofit group was pledging $1 billion to “crush liberal dominance” in corporate America. Leo told the British newspaper he would “direct resources to build talent and capital formation pipelines in the areas of news and entertainment, where leftwing extremism is most evident.” The Tragedy of Liz Truss September 10, 2024 at 7:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister is trying desperately to carve out a new place in the world. So far, it just isn’t happening,” Politico reports. “Since becoming the third premier in a row to be ousted by her fellow Conservative MPs, Liz Truss has unsuccessfully sought to rehabilitate a reputation which lay in tatters by the end of her chaotic 49 days in 10 Downing Street.” “In Britain she remains the butt of jokes. Labour, now in government after a landslide Tory election defeat under her successor Rishi Sunak, wheels out her ghost every time it needs to score political points.” “Now political biographers are picking over the bones of her failure. Her attempts to crack America on a pro-Trump ticket have fallen flat. And Truss can’t even organize in parliament any more because she lost what should have been a safe Conservative seat at the election — the first former PM to suffer such ignominy for more than a century.” The Radically Different Ways Trump and Harris Prepared September 10, 2024 at 7:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are entering the most important stretch of the presidential campaign with their first-ever meeting in Tuesday night’s debate. But the way each candidate has readied themselves to meet this moment couldn’t be more different — a night-and-day dichotomy that emphasizes how different they are from one another,” NOTUS reports. “Harris, an often risk-averse politician, focuses heavily on doing her homework. Trump, a freewheeling celebrity, blusters, exaggerates and fabricates his way through basically anything.” “And the debate is coming at what could be a pivotal moment for both campaigns. After weeks of Democrats riding a sugar high built off the switch-out of their unpopular candidate following the last debate, Harris’ momentum seems to have stalled. In swing states, polling suggests a stalemate.” “That reality has muddied the theories of which candidate needs to do more or perform better on Tuesday night.” CNN: A stunning contrast will be visible on tonight’s debate stage. Tonight’s Debate Matters a Lot September 10, 2024 at 7:25 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment Dan Pfeiffer: “The last debate ended the candidacy of the sitting President of the United States. It changed everything about this race — and Donald Trump will not stop yapping about it. If the June debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was the most important in modern history, tonight’s debate between Trump and Kamala Harris will likely be the second most important.” “There’s an excellent chance this is the only time the two candidates share a debate stage before the election. Voters are thirsting for more information about Kamala Harris and could certainly use a reminder or two about Trump’s erraticism, instability, and declining cognitive function.” “Fifty million people watched the Biden-Trump debate. I would be shocked if that number is not higher this time around. Democratic enthusiasm is through the roof compared to June. People who checked out of politics in 2021 have checked back in, and there is a genuine curiosity surrounding Kamala Harris.” 90 High-Stakes Minutes in Rush to Election Day September 10, 2024 at 6:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “The debate on Tuesday night stands to be the most important night in Vice President Kamala Harris’s political career. It will offer her her biggest audience yet as the country tries to learn more about what kind of president she would make,” the New York Times reports. “Donald Trump enters the debate hoping to turn the page on a tough summer. Ms. Harris has closed the polling gap with him since she replaced President Biden as the Democratic Party’s nominee. Tuesday may be one of Mr. Trump’s best shots to reverse that momentum before Americans begin early voting.” Washington Post: What Harris, Trump need to do to win Tuesday’s presidential debate. Wall Street Journal: What to watch for in the Trump-Harris debate. Earlier for members: Trump Has Only One Way to Win the Debate Trump Is About to Face His Woman Problem at the Debate September 10, 2024 at 6:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Donald Trump is already underwater by double digits with female voters in the polls,” Politico reports. “Now Trump will stand on stage next to a woman he has publicly and privately derided in language widely viewed as sexist. His allies hope he doesn’t make things worse when he squares off against Vice President Kamala Harris at the debate.” A High-Risk, High-Reward Debate for Harris September 10, 2024 at 6:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “For Kamala Harris, tonight’s debate against Donald Trump is a high-risk, high-reward moment that will test whether her re-introduction to voters can carry her to the White House,” Axios reports. “Most voters already know how they feel about Trump, but fewer know how they feel about Harris.” Ex-Project 2025 Leader Accuses Trump of ‘Malpractice’ September 10, 2024 at 6:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “The former director of Project 2025, a right-wing plan for what Donald Trump could do in a second term as president, is sharply criticizing Mr. Trump’s campaign, accusing its two top advisers of a series of missteps, lack of preparation and overconfidence that he says have jeopardized Mr. Trump’s chances in November,” the New York Times reports. “The critique is the first public statement from Paul Dans, a longtime supporter of Mr. Trump, since he announced his departure from Project 2025 in late July. Mr. Dans oversaw the project for more than two years until Democrats publicized its proposals and turned it into a political liability for Mr. Trump. The former president ultimately disavowed the venture.” Harris Needles Trump with New Ad on ‘Crowd Size’ September 10, 2024 at 6:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Democrats are trying to get under Donald Trump’s skin hours before his debate with Kamala Harris,” Politico reports. “The Harris campaign released an ad Tuesday featuring former President Barack Obama’s eyebrow-raising moment from the Democratic National Convention in which he meaningfully glanced down at his hands as he joked about Trump’s obsession with crowd size.” Playbook: “As with the spot we highlighted yesterday, this ad is being microtargeted to an audience of one, running nationally on Fox News and locally in Palm Beach, Florida.” Harris Holds Small Lead Nationally September 10, 2024 at 6:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among registered voters nationally, 44% to 41% with 10% still undecided. The latest Morning Consult polling also finds Harris with a three-point edge, 49% to 46%. Mike Johnson’s Funding Plan Is In Big Trouble September 10, 2024 at 6:22 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Speaker Mike Johnson’s self-described ‘righteous’ idea to pair a six-month funding bill with the SAVE Act is on the brink of imploding. A number of House Republicans are unpersuaded by the proposal, describing it as irresponsible and ill-advised,” Punchbowl News reports. “The GOP opposition to the measure ranges from hardline conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus to defense hawks to moderates. Every move Johnson makes to pick up votes in one place loses him votes somewhere else.” Politico: “It was doomed in the Senate from the start, but now there are fresh doubts that he can even get it through the House.” Axios: Mike Johnson’s shutdown strategy is crumbling. Trump Is Out with Another Coffee Table Book September 10, 2024 at 6:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Donald Trump has tried all manner of ways to monetize his post-presidency. He has sold chocolate bars, sneakers, Bibles, NFT trading cards and even scraps of fabric from the suit he wore when his mug shot was taken last year at a jail in Atlanta. He has also been, a bit under the radar, cranking out coffee table books,” the New York Times reports. “He just published his third since 2021. It is titled ‘Save America’ and costs $99 (the autographed version is $499). It’s a tour through his time in the White House, told with photographs and captions written by Mr. Trump in a style unmistakably his own — pithy, trollish, gossipy, hyperbolic and arbitrarily capitalized. In its way, it is a revealing document, both as a piece of political propaganda and as a window into Mr. Trump’s approach to geopolitics. Much of the book concerns his relationships with various world leaders. It is a reminder, weeks before the next election, of how he conducted the nation’s affairs on the global stage.” Investigations of New York Mayor Are Intensifying September 10, 2024 at 6:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “When the federal authorities last week seized the phones of top City Hall officials in New York, it was another stunning public move by investigators who had already taken Mayor Eric Adams’s devices, searched his aides’ homes and issued subpoenas to members of the mayor’s staff,” the New York Times reports. “The intensity — and sheer volume — of the federal scrutiny has raised urgent questions about the scope of what federal agents are seeking and how much longer they intend to seek it, especially with the Democratic mayoral primary approaching next year.” Trump Steps Up Threats to Imprison His Foes September 9, 2024 at 9:21 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment “Donald Trump has long used strongman-style threats to prosecute people he vilifies as a campaign tactic, dating back to encouraging his 2016 rallygoers to chant ‘lock her up’ about Hillary Clinton. And during his term as president, he repeatedly pressed the Justice Department to open investigations into his political adversaries,” the New York Times reports. “But as November nears, the former president has escalated his vows to use the raw power of the state to impose and maintain control and to intimidate and punish anyone he perceives as working against him.” “After Democrats replaced President Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris as their 2024 nominee — and Mr. Trump’s lead in the polls eroded — Mr. Trump’s targets expanded.” NBC News: Trump is increasingly vowing to prosecute political foes and others he says are “corrupt” if he wins. What the First Debate Question for Trump Must Be September 9, 2024 at 8:21 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment Tom Nichols: “To recap: In one day, Trump threatened the use of mass government violence inside the United States, asserted that kids are getting secret medical procedures at schools, and promised to lock up his political opponents. One might reasonably assume that when Trump takes the stage with Vice President Kamala Harris tomorrow night, the first thing the moderators will ask is: Are you out of your mind?” “Well, maybe not in those words, exactly. But the very first question at the debate should reflect a basic paradox in this election: How can any meeting between Trump and Harris be a ‘debate’ if Trump has already made clear that he rejects the foundations of the American system of government?” 1 2 3 … 7252 Next Page » Get Smarter About Politics Members get exclusive analysis, a trending news page, bonus newsletters and no advertising. Learn more. Subscribe Your Account Sign in Latest for Members Trial Balloon LiveTrump Has Only One Way to Win the DebateA Few Thoughts Ahead of a Huge WeekAbout This Morning’s PollFor Your Weekend Listening About Political Wire 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. 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