Washington Sun: “The messaging has long been popular with voters — but it didn’t necessarily determine their ultimate vote. This cycle, however, with an acutely frustrated electorate that blames both parties for what they see as a corrupt system, there’s an opening, these strategists said. It depends on linking political corruption to the voters’ own financial circumstances, turning it from an ethical problem into a financial one.”
About Political Wire
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.