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Brown Says He’s Not Being Vetted

May 3, 2016 at 8:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 23 Comments

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) told National Journal he’s not being vetted as a potential running mate by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Sherrod Brown

Brown Says Most Terrorists are White Males

November 19, 2015 at 1:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 45 Comments

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) told WAKR that most terrorist attacks in the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have been committed by “generally white males.”

Said Brown: “Since the beginning of the Bush administration when we were attacked, September 11th, we’ve not had any major terrorist attacks in this country. We’ve had individual crazy people, of normally, they look more like me than they look like Middle Easterners. They are generally white males, who have shot up people in movie theaters and schools. Those are terrorist attacks, they’re just different kinds of terrorists.”

Filed Under: Gun Control, National Security Tagged With: Sherrod Brown

Clinton Wins Endorsement of Sherrod Brown

October 27, 2015 at 12:46 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 100 Comments

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

“Brown’s endorsement could matter among Ohio primary voters next March as Clinton vies with Bernie Sanders for the party’s nomination. Brown has long embraced the progressive label, taking positions more often affiliated with colleagues such as Sanders, of Vermont, and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts than with moderates such as Clinton.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Hillary Clinton, Sherrod Brown

White House Wants Apology from Sherrod Brown

May 13, 2015 at 11:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 43 Comments

The White House said it expects Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to apologize for calling President Obama’s criticism of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sexist, The Hill reports.

Said press secretary Josh Ernest: “I’m confident after he has gotten a chance to take a look at the comments he made yesterday that he’ll find a way to apologize.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan 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.

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