Eli Gold is a campaign strategist and crisis manager who consults for Peter Florrick when he considers a return to office. Eli believes that securing the support of Peter's wife Alicia is crucial to any ambitions he may harbor, and he quickly realizes that Alicia is no pushover and his usual wife-coddling techniques will not work. He mostly se...
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Eli Gold is a campaign strategist and crisis manager who consults for Peter Florrick when he considers a return to office. Eli believes that securing the support of Peter's wife Alicia is crucial to any ambitions he may harbor, and he quickly realizes that Alicia is no pushover and his usual wife-coddling techniques will not work. He mostly seems to respect the boundaries Alicia sets up, particularly where they concern her children Zach and Grace.As a top political consultant who is also an expert in damage control, Eli has talks with Diane Lockhart and Will Gardner about joining their firm in some way. Eli seems genuinely invested in Peter Florrick and respects both he and Alicia, although she is often a frustrating enigma to him.Eli is politically astute and doesn't waste time with niceties.Background: Divorced from Vanessa Gold, who has political aspirations of her own. He has a daughter, Marissa, who is outspoken like her mother. He is Jewish, but not very religious.
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