Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is quoted by Playbook at a dinner party last night: “I have a hard time, and I’m totally out of sync with 48 other Democrats. I’m so, totally out of sync… I’m just trying to survive in a very, very, very divided Congress and a very divided country. And I don’t know how this is gonna work out, guys.”
He added: “I really don’t. I can’t tell you what’s going to be the end result. I think we’ll get something. I really do.”
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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.
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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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