Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R) “tried and failed to orchestrate his release by seeking to have language added to a prison bill when the Legislature recently met in special session,” AL.com reports.
“According to the filing, Hubbard found the support he needed among old state House colleagues, but he could not get the support in the state Senate to change the law to let him out early.”
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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.