“Two leading Republicans took veiled jabs at former President Donald Trump at an annual gathering of conservatives Friday, knocking ‘celebrity leaders’ not in tune with reality while noting winnable elections that had been lost as they urged a party course correction ahead of the 2024 presidential contest,” the AP reports.
“But their refusal to call him out by name underscored the risks faced by potential and declared challengers worried about alienating Trump’s loyal base.”
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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.