Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 188
Nothing to See Here
Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) “welcomed Biden to a pair of events late last week — one of the few personal appearances Biden has made for any vulnerable House Democrat,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Levin: “He was a terrific messenger for all the accomplishments of these past two years. … The pros so overwhelmingly outweighed the cons, in terms of getting out to vote, turning out Democrats that historically may or may not vote in the midterm but vote in a presidential election.”
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.