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You are here: Home / 2024 Campaign / The End of the Beginning of 2024

The End of the Beginning of 2024

January 22, 2024 at 11:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rick Wilson: “The best part about being an anthropologist of Trump and Trumpism is the utter, almost boring predictability of the actions of Republicans, the media, and Trump himself under any circumstance.”

“As readers here know, this was always how it would end.”

“DeSantis out, Nikki as the last (sorta) Establishment Republican Standing, and Donald Trump, roaring and eating the scenery like an angry kaiju. The beginning of 2024 has dragged on longer than it should have, but the sweet mercy of political death awaits Nikki Haley tomorrow night.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan 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.

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