Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 188
Nothing to See Here
Though he spent much of the last few years fighting low approval rates, a new Quinnipiac poll in Ohio finds 52% of voters now approve of Gov. John Kasich (R) and he holds solid leads two potential
Democratic challengers.
Kasich tops up Ed Fitzgerald, 46% to 37%, and beats Richard Cordray (D), 45% to 38%.
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.