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Editorial: Baker needs to keep national GOP and Trump at bay
The Boston Herald ^ | 04-11-2018 | Herald Staff

Posted on 04/11/2018 4:02:09 AM PDT by calvincaspian

When Gov. Charlie Baker approached reporters Monday, his body language was louder than his words. He knew he’d be taking questions about his intention to snub Vice President Mike Pence at yesterday’s fundraiser in Boston, and he did his best to ride out the scrum.

When asked if he’d be meeting with Pence, Baker meekly proffered, “No. I think I’m actually going to be in the South Coast, down in New Bedford, when he’s here.”

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: baker; massachusetts; pence; trump
The space within which Charlie Baker can operate and still avoid political toxicity is miniscule.

It should not be this way. As the chief executive of the commonwealth, Gov. Baker should be free to greet the vice president of the United States without being torn asunder from every corner.

That is the reality though, and as Charlie Baker embarks on his re-election campaign, expect his calendar to be full of “stuff” a lot.

1 posted on 04/11/2018 4:02:09 AM PDT by calvincaspian
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The leftists and gimmedats will elect another puke to further drive the Masshole State further into shithole status.

Hard to believe it was originally the cradle of the Republic.


2 posted on 04/11/2018 4:06:32 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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Baker is a hard-left RINO weasel.


3 posted on 04/11/2018 4:18:38 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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bump


4 posted on 04/11/2018 4:19:01 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (..Give war a chance....)
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Howie Carr,a well known Boston talk show host and columnist,refers to Charlie Baker as "Tall Deval".That's reference to Deval Patrick,an utterly despicable dwarf who's good buddies with Osama Obama and was once Governor of Massachusetts.
5 posted on 04/11/2018 5:09:28 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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Tall Deval...Funny...

Most Republicans in the Northeast aren't exactly strong conservatives, but they are okay...

6 posted on 04/11/2018 2:27:58 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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