“If my race was a lesson Donald Trump would have been disqualified a long time ago, because he’s said things that make Todd Akin look totally mainstream. What Todd Akin said was nothing compared to what this guy said his entire life about women, marginalizing women, being disrespectful of women.”
— Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), quoted by the New York Daily News, comparing Donald Trump to former Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), who said women can’t get pregnant from a “legitimate rape.”
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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.