Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 188
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Just published: John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger.
The author spoke to Britannica: “One reason is that John Quincy Adams may have been the most modest American president in history, even having refused to campaign for election in 1824 and 1828. He believed it was beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate to campaign — to make speeches containing promises he would never be able to keep.”
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.