Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 188
Nothing to See Here
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) tells the AP he will not seek re-election in 2014.
Said the 73-year old Harkin: “It’s just time to step aside.”
“The announcement comes as a surprise, considering he had $2.7 million in his campaign war chest and was planning a fundraiser next month.”
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.