Tara Palmeri interviewed Alex Isenstadt — author of the new book Revenge — and learned that Donald Trump was worried that if he hit Joe Biden too hard in the early days, he would take him out and face a much stronger opponent like Gavin Newsom in the 2024 campaign.
Said Isenstadt: “Trump saw Newsom as slick and as the future of the Democratic party. Trump had some respect for Newsom, he saw him as a well-put-together individual.”
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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.