“Chancellor Olaf Scholz used a visit to an AfD stronghold in eastern Germany to intensify his attacks on the far-right party, vowing to push back against ‘enemies of democracy’ and defending an open and free society as the driving force for peace and prosperity in the heart of Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
Times of London: AfD leader says Germany is heading for “Rotherham-style scandal.”
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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.