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“If it doesn’t work, then good intentions are not enough.”
— Democratic strategist Al From, quoted by ABC News, on how Obamacare implementation problems threaten to undermine the Democratic Party’s case for government.
A useful term from the political dictionary: “The Great Mentioner”
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“Leadership is gonna come out of the states, not Washington. Look at the governors.”
— Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA), quoted by the Washington Post, nixing the idea that a Member of Congress should be the GOP nominee in 2016.
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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.
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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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