Deval Patrick immediately after joining Bain Capital
Various sources report that Bain Capital abruptly pulled Deval Patrick from its website hours before Mr. Patrick’s announcement of his decision to enter the Democratic primary.
His “biography” page on the Bain website now pulls a “403” error page:
Error page from biography page on Bain website
Deval Patrick’s colleagues at Bain Capital apparently feel that Mr. Patrick’s candidacy is incompatible with his four-year tenure at Bain.
I agree.
Please share widely!
It is what it is. I don’t think either side has to hide it.
I’m quite certain that Mr. Patrick knew of his decision in plenty of time to inform his former colleagues at Bain. The above error page indicates that the website change was an abrupt one — no webmaster wants a 403 to ever happen.
The above error page is strong evidence that Mr. Patrick chose not to inform his colleagues at Bain of his decision.
What it says to me is that either this decision was VERY precipitous or that Mr. Patrick did not trust his colleagues to keep his decision confidential until today. Neither is encouraging for his campaign, and both will be exploited by his challengers — both Democratic and Republican (in the unlikely event that it gets to that).
It no coincidence that the “403” story was run on Fox.
The RNC is already calling him “Mr. Bain” which is ironic since their chairwoman’s uncle co-founded the company and was their last nominee for President. If we ever needed any proof that the Reagan era of the GOP is over, this might be it. Kleptocracy over free markets.