New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) office “has kept track of more than 1,100 gifts he’s received in his official capacity since taking office. The records show that gift-givers have seen fit to shower the governor with virtually every diet book, CD, DVD and weight loss kit available. Of about 600 books presented to Christie as gifts, 77 were about the topics of diet, exercise, bariatric surgery or self-help weight loss,” the Newark Star Ledger reports.
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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.