
Taegan Goddard
Taegan D. Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political websites. He also runs Wonk Wire and the Political Dictionary. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and COO 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. Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including The Washington Post, USA Today, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Christian Science Monitor. Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Latest articles by Taegan Goddard
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Marco Rubio launches his campaignfeature It's for an immigration reform proposal — but it also happens to be his only shot a being president.
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Republicans have a Steve King problemfeature Just one lawmaker can cause the GOP irreparable harm
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3 reasons Marco Rubio isn't going to be the GOP nominee in 2016feature Although he fills an obvious gap for his party, the odds are stacked against him
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Does the flood of outside campaign money make candidates irrelevant?feature
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5 key trends in Texas politicsfeature
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5 key insights into the midterm elections, courtesy of Mitt Romney's pollsterfeature Voters are mad at everyone, he says, but they'll probably take their frustration out on the president
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Have Republicans finally surrendered on ObamaCare?feature
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Does Hillary Clinton have the Democratic nomination wrapped up?feature
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Is there really a second-term curse?feature
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Does the ObamaCare website actually work now?feature
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The anti-Ted Cruzfeature
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Will Hillary Clinton face any challengers in 2016?feature
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4 key insights into the 2014 midtermsfeature
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The scandals swirling around Chris Christie aren't going away anytime soonfeature
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As Virginia goes, so goes the nation?feature
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The 10 dumbest things Republicans have said this yearfeature Many GOPers still haven't learned the lesson of 2012
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10 dumbest things Republicans said last monthfeature These comments aren't helping with the GOP makeover
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Frustration with President Obama doesn't mean he's incompetentfeature George W. Bush's legacy fits the definition much better
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Why young Americans don't votefeature
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Is the internet making politics more dysfunctional?feature
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Why new gun controls are inevitablefeature President Obama has the public on his side
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Fortunately, most terrorists do stupid things that lead to their capturefeature
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5 takeaways from Chuck Todd on the Chris Christie scandal and the unifying force of Hillary Clintonfeature
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Republicans are fighting their 'war on women' image with these two strong female candidatesfeature
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