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DOUG BURGUM WON’T RUN FOR RE-ELECTION

January 22, 2024 at 11:40 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum (R) announced that he will not seek a
third term as governor, over a month after he ended his bid for the GOP
presidential nomination, WCVB reports.


MOST ECONOMISTS THINK U.S. WILL AVOID A RECESSION

January 22, 2024 at 11:22 am EST By Taegan Goddard 24 Comments

“The U.S economy should avoid a recession in the coming year, according to an
increasingly large majority of economists polled by the National Association of
Business Economics,” Reuters reports.

“Some 91% of respondents to the latest NABE survey assigned a probability of 50%
or less to the U.S. entering a recession over the next 12 months.”


RON DESANTIS MADE SMILING LOOK HARD

January 22, 2024 at 11:02 am EST By Taegan Goddard 73 Comments

Michelle Cottle: “I am not being mean here. OK, I am being a little bit mean,
but in the service of a serious point. Mr. DeSantis is a successful governor of
a major state and a smart guy with a picture-perfect family. But he is also one
of those unfortunate political creatures who do not wear well, whose early
promise and poll numbers fade over time: The more people saw him, the less they
seemed to like him. On the presidential campaign trail, he was robotic and
awkward, rude and arrogant, with the interpersonal skills of poorly designed
A.I. He struck people as an all-around odd duck, and not in a good way.”

“For a modern presidential contender, this is the kiss of death.”

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TRUMP’S VEEP PRIMARY IS UNDERWAY

January 22, 2024 at 11:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard 48 Comments

Associated Press: “While vice presidential candidates typically aren’t picked
until after a candidate has locked down the nomination, Trump’s decisive win in
last week’s Iowa caucuses and the departure of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from
the race have only heightened what had already been a widespread sense of
inevitability that he will be the Republican nominee. That has given the
campaign trail stops by Stefanik and other Republicans the feel of a public
tryout reminiscent of Trump’s days as a reality TV host.”

“Many Republicans covet a spot on the presidential ticket with Trump as a chance
to serve in a high-profile role that has elevated many ambitious politicians
from relative obscurity.”


JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE DELETED FILES

January 22, 2024 at 10:56 am EST By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments

“The former House Select Committee on Jan. 6 deleted more than 100 encrypted
files from its probe just days before Republicans took over the majority in the
House of Representatives,” Fox News reports.




MAINE APPEALS DECISION ON TRUMP BALLOT DISQUALIFICATION

January 22, 2024 at 10:54 am EST By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) is appealing the court ruling that
postponed any decision on whether Donald Trump can be removed from the ballot
under the 14th amendment.


BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY

January 22, 2024 at 10:12 am EST By Taegan Goddard 179 Comments

“There’s a great man in Europe. Viktor Orbán… He’s a very great leader. He’s a
very strong man… It’s nice to have a strongman running your country.”

— Donald Trump, at a New Hampshire rally.




A FITTING WAY TO END A TERRIBLE CAMPAIGN

January 22, 2024 at 10:01 am EST By Taegan Goddard 60 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis used a fake Winston Churchill quote as part of his
announcement to exit the presidential race, The Independent reports.


DEMOCRATS WOULD RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT FANI WILLIS

January 22, 2024 at 10:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard 71 Comments

“Democrats in Washington and Georgia are sidestepping allegations that Fulton
County District Attorney Fani Willis mishandled funds and hired a romantic
partner — accusations that threaten to distract from or upend a key case against
Donald Trump,” NOTUS reports.

“Few Democrats are so far willing to publicly defend her; most are staying
quiet, at least until she does more to defend herself.”




TRUMP SUGGESTS U.S. SHOULD NOT DEFEND TAIWAN

January 22, 2024 at 9:37 am EST By Taegan Goddard 116 Comments

Donald Trump told Fox News the United States shouldn’t come to Taiwan’s defense
if China attacks it because Taiwan “took our business away.”


EXIT DESANTIS

January 22, 2024 at 9:33 am EST By Taegan Goddard 129 Comments

Charlie Sykes: “And just like that, before a single vote had been cast in the
first primary, Ron DeSantis is out, ending his campaign by citing a bogus
Churchill quote as he bent the knee to Donald Trump. From shambolic launch to
the final sad trombone slide into oblivion, it was all so on-brand.”

“Last week, the man from Florida declared ‘you could be the most worthless
Republican in America,’ but ‘if you kiss the ring, Trump will say you are
wonderful.'”

“Seven. Days. Later. He kissed the ring.”

Nate Silver: “It was the anticlimactic end to what will deservedly go down as
one of the worst primary campaigns of all time, at least as judged by the gap
between expectations going into the campaign and the candidate’s eventual
performance. His performance was so poor, in fact, that it seems silly to
suggest that DeSantis had any path to victory.”

Sarah Longwell: “A talentless candidate with a dumb strategy who said ‘God made
a fighter’ but refused to fight Trump at every turn. Now he endorses Trump (and
rags on Nikki) to try and preserve the tatters of his political career. This guy
is done.”




BIDEN DROPS NEW ABORTION RIGHTS AD

January 22, 2024 at 9:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard 48 Comments

“President Biden’s reelection campaign on Monday dropped an ad to mark the 51st
anniversary of Roe v. Wade that features an OB-GYN who couldn’t receive an
abortion in Texas after the landmark law was overturned.” The Hill reports.

“The 60-second ad, entitled ‘Forced‘, is narrated by Dr. Austin Dennard, an
OB-GYN in Texas and mother of three, who placed the blame squarely on former
President Trump, the GOP frontrunner, for having to leave the state for the
procedure.”


WALL STREET OPPOSITION TO TRUMP COLLAPSES

January 22, 2024 at 9:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard 68 Comments

“As Donald Trump surges toward the Republican nomination, many Wall Street
executives have made a calculated decision not to speak out against him, and in
some cases they will consider supporting the Republican former president over
Democratic President Joe Biden,” CNBC reports.

Said one private equity executive: “A lot of people on Wall Street have been
living in this pipe dream of Trump not getting the nomination. People were in
the first stage of grief, denial. Now they’re trying to get their heads around
the fact that Trump could be the nominee.”




QUOTE OF THE DAY

January 22, 2024 at 9:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard 48 Comments

“We have nothing. In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign
on. It’s embarrassing.”

— Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), quoted by NBC News, on the “zero accomplishments” of
House Republicans.


FAKE BIDEN ROBOCALL TELLS DEMOCRATS NOT TO VOTE

January 22, 2024 at 9:12 am EST By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

“A prominent New Hampshire Democrat plans to file a complaint with the state
attorney general over an apparent robocall that appears to encourage supporters
of President Joe Biden not to vote in Tuesday’s presidential primary,” NBC News
reports.

“The voice in the message is familiar — even presidential — as it’s an apparent
imitation or digital manipulation of Biden’s voice.”




NIKKI HALEY HAS A PROBLEM WITH TRUMP SKEPTICS

January 22, 2024 at 9:08 am EST By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

“Any chance Nikki Haley has to defeat Donald Trump here and energize her
flagging campaign depends on winning New Hampshire’s famous bloc of moderate
Republican and independent voters, most of whom loathe the former president,”
NOTUS reports.

“There’s just one problem: Many of those same people are also dubious about
Haley.”


CANCEL THE DEBATES

January 22, 2024 at 9:05 am EST By Taegan Goddard 56 Comments

Jill Lawrence: “In theory, debates are the gold standard of journalists holding
presidential candidates to account and voters getting to assess their policy
views and political skills, all in an unscripted setting. And they can be
valuable, no question. The 2024 Republican primary debates helped millions get
familiar with this year’s cast of auditioners, for better (Haley and Chris
Christie) and worse (Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy).”

“But Trump’s absence is what allowed that to happen. His media appearances—in
debates, town halls, video interviews, and even trials in courtrooms—are loaded
with grievance, insults and, worst of all, distortions and outright falsehoods.
He steamrolls moderators, journalists, rivals, and judges by interrupting,
ignoring time limits and legal procedure, talking over people and trying to
drown them out, and generally violating every rule designed to keep things
organized and civil.”




THE COLLAPSING POLITICAL MEDIA INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

January 22, 2024 at 7:52 am EST By Taegan Goddard 143 Comments

Semafor: “The 2024 presidential primary was supposed to lure audiences back to
news after several years of flagging interest in following Donald Trump’s
eventful departure from office. News outlets prepared accordingly: NBC brought
in a new face for its flagship political show Meet The Press, CNN leadership
debuted a new primetime evening lineup with the assumption that they’d need
heavy-hitting campaign coverage.”

“Trump fulfilled his duties, roaring back at full force with rallies in front of
thousands of rapt supporters and deploying his time-honored campaign tactics,
which largely center on bullying his opponents. But even though he appears
poised to potentially lock up the nomination this week on a bombastic campaign
laced with the kind of once-shocking remarks that used to spur highly-rated
days-long news cycles, the evidence continues to show one thing: many fewer
people care.”

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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
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parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have
appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

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