“It’s freedom of speech. You folks should understand that better than I. It is the First Amendment, then there is the Second and I love ’em both. The minute we start stifling our speech, we might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out.”
— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Portland Press Herald, on being denied a request to speak to lawmakers.
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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.