Playbook: “In one news conference Thursday, he said the Mueller report was ‘the Bible,’ and he called it ‘beautiful’ and ‘perfect.’ He regularly tweets about the special counsel and, when it’s convenient, seems to take his report as the last word on the 2016 election.”
“It’s almost as if Trump feels like the report represents a victory in his long-running war against elites. And it’s almost — almost — like he misses the ‘witch hunt’ he railed against for 22 months.”
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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.