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Quote of the Day

September 28, 2015 at 11:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments

“He’s a master brander. And when you’ve got a lot of people running, and people are trying, you’ve got to make distinctions. Being able to put a personal stamp on it so people identify who you are certainly counts for something, at least in the beginning.”

—  Bill Clinton, in an interview on CNN, saying that he thinks Donald Trump could win the GOP presidential nomination.

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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.

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