Deval Patrick says a 2020 presidential run is on my radar screen

[brooklynite]

Source: Boston Globe

Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts who has largely shunned politics since leaving office and joining Bain Capital in 2015, is using some of his most direct language to date to acknowledge his interest in a presidential run in 2020.

“It’s on my radar screen,” Patrick told KCUR, a public radio station in Kansas City, where he was traveling last week for a civic event called “An Evening with Deval Patrick: Reinvesting in America.”

Patrick also spoke to the editorial board of the Kansas City Star about the polarized gun debate in the wake of the massacre in Parkland, Fla.

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/06/deval-patrick-says-presidential-run-radar-screen/YurDvBBJ6vvyxcw3Ie1FqM/story.html

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. He works for Bain Capital?

Mitt Romney’s buy ‘em and bankrupt ‘em personified corporation, my friend?

No thanks.

Plenty of other truly progressive fish in the sea...

[bearsfootball516]

2. Interesting prospect, but hes going to have trouble breaking through the big names.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Even though I really like Patrick, and worked on his campaign, I'm not sure he

has the "It" factor to stir up the electorate. Of course things with Trump are/will be so bad that the WHite House calligrapher would be a better candidate.

I feel the same way about our Senator Elizabeth Warren, (and I know she has legions of supporters here and across the country) She's great, says all the right things...just lacking in the charisma department, IMHO. (And yes I worked for her as well)

[marybourg]

4. I've seen him speak and I think he's articulate

and charming. Isn't that "It"?

[TheDebbieDee]

5. By "IT" do you mean the ability to speak persuasively

enough to motivate a group/crowd into action? I saw him speak at the 2012 DNC and he spoke a line about Dems getting a back-bone that drew the crowd to their feet...

I worry that his ties to Pres Bill Clinton will rile up the republican smear machine...

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. He certainly speaks persuasively, from the heart, etc. AND he'd be light years better than

any Republican loser candidate. I am just not convinced Patrick has the abundant charisma needed to get fence-sitters or independents to turn out to vote like they did for Obama. I know it's not fair to compare Patrick to Obama, but that is exactly what voters WILL do I suspect.

He was a fine Governer of our state. I would support him for sure if he runs. I just don't think a majority of voters would in a general election.

[TheDebbieDee]

9. Also, didn't Mrs Patrick have some depression or other

mental health issues near the beginning of his Governorship?

Hey, we've all probably had issues at one time or another in life but the RW smear machine will do their best to make her sound like Lady MacBeth...

[Submariner]

6. I really wish Elizabeth could get a DNA/gene pool match to her Native American heritage

like through Ancestry, to take that argument away from the racist shitheads calling her Pocahontas. So much of Native American affairs is through oral history anyway, which is how she received her info that Cherokee is in her DNA. I believe her for that reason.

If she does not soundly clear up this issue, Howie F'ing Carr and his White House buddy Donnie Treasonweasel will be yelling Pocahontas from the rafters for the whole campaign. If I did not have an adversity to going to jail, I might take the T over to the Herald and pop Howie one bc I hate his f'ing guts. (I'm still surprised Whitey Bulger did not take Howie out decades ago over the anti-Bulger columns).

You're right, Deval just doesn't seem to have Barack's click with general population. I think he was Obama's next SCOTUS pick if one opened up.

[7962]

7. Not much of a surprise. I expect Booker to also be out there. Warren? Not so much.

I think Oprah is more likely than her
Gavin Newsome as well

[CentralMass]

10. I've met him and heard him speak. He is a very impressive guy.

If he has a good campaign staff I think that he would be very competitive. He is a brilliant guy who is a very hands on leader