“You have to be open to them — when I say you, the left — has to be open to them not agreeing with us on everything, having some heterodox views on politics, making some jokes that we don’t like or even find offensive. I mean, everyone’s like, ‘Where’s our Joe Rogan?’ It’s like, well, we had Joe Rogan. He was our Joe Rogan and then everyone said, ‘Fuck you, no’ when they made a big fuss out of Bernie Sanders going on his show.”
— Jon Favreau, on Pod Save America.
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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.