He’s officially in the race. Story here:
"All over the state people tell me the same things," he said. "Oureconomy is weak at best and has no credible champion for businessdevelopment. Our public schools — from kindergarten through communitycolleges and public universities — fail too many of our young people.And nearly 500,000 fellow citizens have no health care, while the restof us are too often frustrated with the coverage we have."
This is a smart move to officially declare himself before everyone else, since his big problem is name recognition.
It’s a good start. He listened, he’s made a good impression on people who have heard him, and he’s got a ready-made audience for what he has to say. Now it’s time for him to distinguish himself from the pack with boldness, purpose, and specificity.
Update: His website is up now.
Deval will be appearing tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the Cary Library in Lexington. This appearance has been scheduled for some time, but it’s obviously a bigger deal now that he’s officially announced. I plan to be there, and I hope that other readers will be there too.Also, I’m pleased to note that the “In the News” page on Deval’s website has a couple of links to posts on this blog!
You can listen to an interview with Patrick from today’s “Morning Edition” on WBUR-FM here.
A Romney-Patrick debate will be FAR more interesting than a Romney-Reilly one…