DeSantis Blows Up on the Launch Pad
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DeSantis Blows Up on the Launch Pad
May 25, 2023 at 6:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 52 Comments
Gov. Ron DeSantis could not have had a worse campaign launch.
It would have been like Donald Trump tripping and falling down the gold escalator when he kicked off his presidential campaign 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.
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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