David Plouffe explained to John Heilemann the Harris campaign’s recent change in tone: “Raising the stakes is important because we have to raise the risks of a second Trump term.”
He added: “He’s more unstable, he’s more unhinged, he has a desire for unchecked power—Project 2025 is his manifesto for that. We want people in the final throes of deciding who to vote for to know about her, how she’ll help them, how she sees the world, but also to focus on the risk of Trump.”
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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.