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Obama Flip-Flops (Again) on Money in Politics

January 30, 2013 at 5:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

With the announcement that his campaign will relaunch as a nonprofit that will take unlimited corporate donations (possibly behind a veil of secrecy), Justin Elliot finds President Obama has reversed himself on a major money-in-politics issue for the fourth time since 2008.

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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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