“He probably has shit for brains. I couldn’t be more proud of myself, what I stand for, and for this
pompous ass to claim that he cares more about a family that lost a child
than I do is a perfect example of the brain dead critics of Ted
Nugent.”
— Ted Nugent, quoted by Politico, when Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) questioned Nugent’s
presence at the State of the Union.
Langevin is in a wheelchair and paralyzed from a shooting accident
when he was a teenager.
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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.