"Vote early, vote often" - Part 3: This time it's personal!
So my guy won.
Yes, I am a Deval Patrick fan. I admit it; he kind of swept me off of my feet… In a political way, you sickos!
Anyway, the election’s results has caused me to think about some things:
It seems like it has been a very long time since we have seen a politician with the charisma of Deval. It’s so effective in fact, that lots of analysts on TV were talking about how his campaign was light on the issues and heavy with over-arching rhetoric designed to inspire. I heard “feel good campaign” uttered on more than one occasion.
Clearly, nobody has seen Deval’s webiste. There you can read reams and reams of policy papers, chock full of details. It’s almost as if there are two campaigns going on: One on TV and the rest on the web and at candidate forums. It’s not like the details are hidden, but by the pundits’ reasoning, if you’re not trying to explain your policy positions in 30-second ads, then you don’t have any positions… What a joke!
And another thing… Anytime somebody complains about how politicians just buy elections, mention Chris Gabrielli. This guy -who is a really decent man with very good public service credentials- wants to serve. He wants to serve so badly that he dumped $10 million into the race but couldn’t even garner 30% of the vote. The bottom line? Money can’t buy me votes.
So what does all of this mean? I’m no expert, but I think that Deval Patrick will be our next governor. If he can keep up the positivity and work on inspiring more and more voters, I think that Kerry Healey will come off as she did last night in her nomination stunt/speech: An angry, fear-mongering attack dog. Not to mention the fact that Christy Mihos will dump plenty of money into the race and siphon off Republicans and conservative-minded Independents from her.
The real race starts today. Buckle up!
Yes, I am a Deval Patrick fan. I admit it; he kind of swept me off of my feet… In a political way, you sickos!
Anyway, the election’s results has caused me to think about some things:
It seems like it has been a very long time since we have seen a politician with the charisma of Deval. It’s so effective in fact, that lots of analysts on TV were talking about how his campaign was light on the issues and heavy with over-arching rhetoric designed to inspire. I heard “feel good campaign” uttered on more than one occasion.
Clearly, nobody has seen Deval’s webiste. There you can read reams and reams of policy papers, chock full of details. It’s almost as if there are two campaigns going on: One on TV and the rest on the web and at candidate forums. It’s not like the details are hidden, but by the pundits’ reasoning, if you’re not trying to explain your policy positions in 30-second ads, then you don’t have any positions… What a joke!
And another thing… Anytime somebody complains about how politicians just buy elections, mention Chris Gabrielli. This guy -who is a really decent man with very good public service credentials- wants to serve. He wants to serve so badly that he dumped $10 million into the race but couldn’t even garner 30% of the vote. The bottom line? Money can’t buy me votes.
So what does all of this mean? I’m no expert, but I think that Deval Patrick will be our next governor. If he can keep up the positivity and work on inspiring more and more voters, I think that Kerry Healey will come off as she did last night in her nomination stunt/speech: An angry, fear-mongering attack dog. Not to mention the fact that Christy Mihos will dump plenty of money into the race and siphon off Republicans and conservative-minded Independents from her.
The real race starts today. Buckle up!
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