New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) “is a skilled back-room operator, renowned for pressuring allies and foes behind the scenes to achieve results that show him in the best possible light,” the New York Times reports.
“But in Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, he has encountered an adversary who seems eager for the spotlight and is challenging the very way the governor does business.”
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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.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.