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James Hohmann: “Most politicians respond more to political incentives than principles. That’s the single most important insight to understanding how Washington really works.”
“Every Republican who has bucked Trump can be pretty easily categorized. A clear pattern emerges: the less directly and immediately accountable to Republican base voters an elected official is, the more likely he or she is to break with Trump.”
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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.