Playbook: “Speaker Mike Johnson would like Washington to believe he’s playing a meticulous game of chess as he prepares to pass Ukraine aid while fending off a right-wing revolt.”
“He might have instead played himself into checkmate.”
“Days after floating a three-pronged plan to get the controversial Ukraine funding through the House, the speaker’s chief antagonist has undertaken a mini media tour slamming his proposals and attacking Johnson himself.”
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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.