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‘I Don’t Even Close the Page at Work’

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The membership fee for Political Wire is the best money I ever spend, and it is essential to my life as a political creature.  Without your site, I would be overwhelmed by all that is out there to read. Thankfully, you give me the highlights, and a taste of the things I want to then read in full.  When away from home, I never have computer access (it helps me enjoy my vacation time); but that doesn’t mean I can be without my addiction.  Whenever I get back to my house after a week or more away I will spend DAYS totally immersed in Political Wire  — and the articles it guides me to — catching up on everything I missed!  It’s a ritual as important as the vacation itself.

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About Political Wire

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.

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