Hundred of constituents showed up to meet with Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) at a local community center in Aurora, Colorado to talk to the lawmaker about his plan to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, KUSA-TV reports.
But instead of being let into the main hall as a group, they were told the congressman was only doing on-on-ones and they would have to wait their turn. He then secretly left early through a back door.
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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. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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