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Interview: Commentator Keli Goff Has Her Eye On Politics

20 Sep

Keli Goff

By Stacey Gualandi

Twitter: @keligoff
Facebook: KeliGoff

She has an eye for pinpointing the hot button issues in today’s political discussion.   Commentator Keli Goff has been called “fearless” and “a breath of fresh air” since she emerged from the 2008 election as a voice for the hip-hop generation.

“I feel I’ve done my job best when someone says they didn’t know about something until they read my column and took action…”  Keli Goff

If you follow politics, you’ve read her editorial blogs on The Huffington Post and loop21.com or listened to her on radio and TV shows across the country.  She has an opinion and isn’t afraid to share it.

Keli Goff book

Now Keli’s experience in following Presidential campaigns and elections has inspired her first novel “The GQ Candidate,”  a page-turning look into the inner circle of an unlikely man running for president, an African-American who was raised by a multi-racial family.

She comes by it naturally; after all, her passion for picking presidents began as a preteen.  With the 2012 election campaign underway, I wanted to check in with Keli to see what’s on her mind these days… Continue reading