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CNN Won’t Say Who Made Debate Cut

December 13, 2015 at 10:31 am EST By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

“Despite touting that they would reveal the field for Tuesday’s GOP presidential debate on their signature, weekly political show, CNN ended State of the Union Sunday morning without an announcement about which candidates will be in the main debate in Las Vegas,” Politico reports.

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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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