Punk Politico: Revolution Messaging’s Scott Goodstein

On a Sunday in early April, Scott Goodstein set off on a motorcycle tour of Maryland horse country with his cousin and a friend from political circles. They hadn’t gone far when, at 7:30 in the morning, a GMC Yukon pickup truck coming in the other direction caught the front tire of Goodstein’s Yamaha. In the spinout, his legs, nose, and right cheek were broken, his lung bruised, and ligaments ripped in his neck. A helicopter flew him to a Baltimore shock-trauma center, and Goodstein spent the remainder of the spring and most of the summer in one treatment facility or another.
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Former Obama Tech Expert: Democrats Need a Competitive Primary
Scott Goodstein · March 27, 2015, TIME · For much of our nation’s history, there have been insiders who aimed to quash competition within political parties. Even today, far too many party elites seem to think uncontested primaries are better. However, competitive primaries force an evolution of or ...

10,000 Hours: A Political Messaging Revolutionary
Scott Goodstein · November 2017, American University Magazine · Scott Goodstein, SPA/BA ’95, SPA/MPA ’99, loves two things that might seem inharmonious: politics and punk rock. Ever the nonconformist, he’s fashioned a career without cooling on either and has become a Washington power player in the ...

The Man Behind Obama
Scott Goodstein · May 26, 2009, Campaign Live · At last month’s Digital Britain Summit a surprise appearance by Prime Minister Gordon Brown saw him emphasise the importance of the internet to the UK economy. With a general election a certainty before June 2010, the main political parties are now t ...
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