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Donald Trump Jr said in Qatar that he could maybe run for president one day, adding “that calling is there,” USA Today reports. Said Trump: “So the answer is I…
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“President Trump’s campaign to dismantle FEMA is on the verge of a high-stakes stress test, as the U.S. hurtles toward peak disaster season under uniquely dangerous conditions,” Axios reports. “Extreme…
“President Trump yesterday declared himself the biggest ‘fiscal hawk’ in Washington,” Axios reports. “He then spent the next hour urging Republicans to unite behind the most budget-busting legislation in modern…
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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.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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