“I’m not going to speak for either of them. I was with the president in the Oval Office yesterday afternoon as some of this unfolded, and I can just say he was disappointed. I mean, he said that himself. I was as well. But look, I believe in redemption. I think we can resolve and get everybody together again.”
— Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), quoted by Punchbowl News, on the feud between President Trump and Elon Musk.
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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.