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He's (5.00 / 5) (#34)
by TeresaInSnow2 on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:08:08 PM EST
still peeved about not bringing Massachusetts for Obama.

He's being passive aggressive.

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Deval Patrick (5.00 / 2) (#66)
by kempis on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:19:20 PM EST
...has probably helped to sour a lot of Massachusetts voters on Obama, who actually does not poll very well against McCain there.

I have some friends in Massachusetts who report that Patrick, who wooed the voters with an Axelrod-orchestrated campaign promising "hope" and "change" {erp}, has hit the ground with a sickening thud. He's been a pretty resounding disappointment, promising a "new politics" and delivering the same old corruption and obvious pandering.

It seems the loftier the campaign rhetoric, the harder the fall.

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Mass. and Deval (none / 0) (#102)
by Binx on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:36:17 PM EST
The real thud for Deval has been running into the buzz-saw of Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi. That and his support for casinos (which DiMasi was against). As a MA resident I'll give you that you have an argument for the "pandering" but the "corruption" and "politics as usual" is not from Deval, it's the entrenched, party-pols that control everything. There's no new politics unless it's THEIR new politics.

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Yup (5.00 / 0) (#109)
by CST on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:40:10 PM EST
I think Deval gets a bad rep.  We have the best economy in the country right now in Mass with really low unemployment and actually some economic growth.  Sure, there are problems, but given that we are in a national recession I'd say someone's doing a pretty good job.  The casino thing is a little stupid, but not a dealbreaker for me at least.

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Casinos (none / 0) (#132)
by DFLer on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:50:46 PM EST
Are the proposed casinos privately or publically owned? Are they NA owned and operated?

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The bill failed but.... (none / 0) (#141)
by Binx on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:56:17 PM EST
The bill didn't pass but the idea was 3 private casinos. I'm not for the casinos so I must admit I didn't pay that close attention.


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Not to mention CA. (none / 0) (#72)
by oculus on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:22:35 PM EST


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Friday Afternoon Open Thread | 244 comments (244 topical)

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