POLITICO Playbook: The post-Trump era begins

November 9, 2020

“‘While there will be legal disputes requiring adjudication, the outcome is sufficiently clear that the transition process must now begin,’ the nonpartisan Center for Presidential Transition wrote in a letter exclusively obtained by POLITICO. The letter is signed by Democratic and Republican experts in transitions, including George W. Bush’s former chief of staff Josh Bolten and the former Republican Governor of Utah Mike Leavitt. The letter was also signed by Bill Clinton’s first chief of staff Thomas (Mack) McLarty and Barack Obama’s Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. …