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Deval Patrick knew when to call it quits on a presidential bid. Other politicians take note
BOSTON GLOBE ^ | 12/6/2018 | editorial

Posted on 12/06/2018 4:39:26 PM PST by bitt

Running for president is hard.

Deciding not to run? That can be even harder.

Over the last year, two-term former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick has explored the possibility of running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, urged on by a small army of Patrick devotees in the Commonwealth. Inspiring and experienced, Patrick would have been a formidable candidate. He compiled real accomplishments as governor, putting his state at the forefront of life sciences globally and managing the fallout of the 2008 recession. Since leaving office, he has worked for Bain Capital investing in firms with social benefits.

But on Thursday, Patrick formally announced on his Facebook page that he won’t pursue the White House, citing “the cruelty of our elections process.”

The other Massachusetts political figures reportedly considering presidential runs should think carefully before jumping in, too.

On the Democratic side, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Representatives Joseph P. Kennedy III and Seth Moulton, and former US senator and secretary of state John Kerry have all been mentioned as possible candidates.

On the Republican side, Governor Charlie Baker swears to anyone who’ll listen that he has no interest in higher office — but anti-Trump Republicans are openly looking for someone to challenge the president in the 2020 GOP primaries.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elizabethwarren; massachusetts; potus; primary
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1 posted on 12/06/2018 4:39:26 PM PST by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

PING - and link to foxnews story

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/boston-globe-editorial-board-elizabeth-warren-should-think-carefully-about-run-against-trump-in-2020


2 posted on 12/06/2018 4:40:16 PM PST by bitt ("Let justice be done though the heavens fall".)
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To: bitt

“the cruelty of our elections process.”

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Listen up, Boston Globe.


3 posted on 12/06/2018 4:41:07 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: bitt
Patrick would have been a formidable candidate.

Well, we have had a couple of spawns of satan, it only seems right we'd have the deval himself.

4 posted on 12/06/2018 4:42:24 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: bitt

A failed run at any office does allow for “stealing” money from the campaign. So, a losing effort could very well be very profitable.

Of gee whiz, am I too cynical hmmm?


5 posted on 12/06/2018 4:45:11 PM PST by Professional
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To: bitt

Howie Carr’s fault....


6 posted on 12/06/2018 4:45:29 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: bitt; sheik yerbouty; vette6387; ZULU; NFHale; JLAGRAYFOX; null and void

How about she’s a Marxist liar, ya think? Could be a negative, ya think?


7 posted on 12/06/2018 4:47:10 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: bitt

I predict the fresh faces stay out in 2020 and go for 2024.
The Democrats will have to run Hillary, Bernie or the Idiot Biden.


8 posted on 12/06/2018 4:47:38 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: bitt

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3710977/posts

New York Times article..


9 posted on 12/06/2018 4:48:47 PM PST by bitt ("Let justice be done though the heavens fall".)
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To: bitt

Funny bain capital is a resume enhancer for Democrat Deval but the kiss of death for mitt Romney


10 posted on 12/06/2018 4:49:44 PM PST by BiggBob
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After the Boston marathon bombing by the Muslim brothers, then-Gov Deval ordered all state agencies NOT to release
info on the welfare gravy train collected by the bombers and their extended family
....said to amount to some $100,000.00 tax dollars.
11 posted on 12/06/2018 4:51:42 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Slyfox

Deval could never had made it past Iowa - he’s 5’6” in heels and a whiner, to boot. He rose to fame by suing large corporations because they weren’t inclusive enough..he learned the ropes from Pork Chops Jesse Jackson.

Warren, on the other hand - until she shot that arrow into her foot with the DNA tests- had many women around the country thinking she was cool for an ol lady...

she’s a harpy.


12 posted on 12/06/2018 4:52:42 PM PST by bitt ("Let justice be done though the heavens fall".)
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Here, uber-liberal Deval (then-Mass Gov) sap-happily applauds his new police chief---
wearing her spiffy Commandant Herman Goehring uniform (not photoshopped).

Anybody know how to say verisimilitude in German?


13 posted on 12/06/2018 4:54:21 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

She even has Goering’s sleekness!


14 posted on 12/06/2018 4:57:21 PM PST by Reily
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To: Liz

[Commandant Herman Goehring uniform]

When does she plan on bombing England?


15 posted on 12/06/2018 4:58:26 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: bitt

Interesting. Until recently, Patrick was Obama’s guy. Maybe Obama really IS backing Beto now?


16 posted on 12/06/2018 4:58:38 PM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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“Governor Charlie Baker swears to anyone who’ll listen that he has no interest in higher office”

He’s too busy leading the Republican wing of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. The Weasels love him.


17 posted on 12/06/2018 4:59:17 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: BiggBob

Mitt should have strongly defined and defended Bain.
He worked for clients who wanted a certain kind of job done.
Mitt allowed the argument to be shaped and guided by Dem idiots. Sometimes, one has to fight back in whatever fashion suits you. But don’t just take the bullwhips of rhetoric by ‘being nice’.

He allowed for all manner of ugly talk about his wife Ann to go unanswered, unchallenged. #1. Son, Tagg answered back, but that was not enough. Niceness alone does not work in today’s world.
If you’re too worried about deportment w/o showing some fire, you get bulldozed and pushed off message.


18 posted on 12/06/2018 4:59:42 PM PST by lee martell (AT)
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[Deval Patrick]

Well, Balack Grubenfuhrerhussein Obama already done stole all his good lines!

(watch the whole thing - old - well worth it - 4-1/2 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU


19 posted on 12/06/2018 5:01:04 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BiggBob

Yep I noticed that too. I thought Bain capital, and venture capital firms in general, were evil to the liberals..

But apparently if a fellow liberal is involved, then that changes everything.


20 posted on 12/06/2018 5:04:21 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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