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2016 State of the Union Address

January 12, 2016 at 9:17 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 163 Comments

President Obama gave his final State of the Union address, an ode to unfinished business rather than a typical laundry list of policy initiatives.

The speech was almost a rebuttal to the Republican presidential campaign thus far. Expect reaction to be divided along party lines.

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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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