2016, it was attracting upwards of ten million readers per month. Goddard told Fishbowl DC that people sometimes get confused by his politics because he's fiercely independent in his views and "not a joiner by nature." In the media In 2006, Goddard formed a content partnership with Congressional Quarterly. The partnership was expanded in early 2009 so that CQ sold all advertising on Political Wire. The agreement expired in 2013 and the site is still owned and published by Goddard. During the 2008 presidential election, PC Magazine named Political Wire one of the 20 best political web sites of 2008. In 2012, Time named @politicalwire as one of the top Twitter 140 Twitter feeds. Political Wire's Twitter site has also received acclaim outside the country and was named one of the "Top 50 US Politics Twitter Accounts to Follow." The site has also been praised by political analysts such as Chuck Todd, Stuart Rothenberg, Charlie Cook and Larry Sabato. Goddard has appeared as a guest to discuss political headlines on The Daily Beast and MSNBC. He has been a panelist for numerous political roundtables. Related sites Goddard also created Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire, a site focused on the latest public policy news, Taegan Goddard's Political Dictionary, which explores the language of politics, as well as Taegan Goddard's Political Job Hunt, which helps people interested in working in politics and public affairs. On January 13, 2013, Goddard agreed to maintain a daily blog for The Week, titled The Cloakroom. One of Goddard's newest projects has been a new portal for examining possible future Presidential election outcomes called Electoral Vote Map. References External links Political Wire Political Dictionary Political Job Hunt Wonk Wire American political blogs American political websites Internet properties established in 1999