Obama stirs speculation about [Deval] Patrick’s future

[alp227]

Source: Boston Globe

Governor Deval Patrick has ruled out a 2016 presidential campaign so many times -- with a sufficient lack of ambivalence -- that he has begun showing signs of annoyance with those who keep pestering him about it.

That didn’t stop a mini-flurry of speculation late Wednesday, after President Obama, a close friend of Patrick heaped praise on his record as governor.

Obama, asked during a White House interview Wednesday about the prospect of Patrick jumping into the 2016 race, which could include Obama’s vice president, Joe Biden, and former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, opened the speculation spigot on Patrick’s political future. Barely.

“Deval would make a great president or vice president,” Obama said Wednesday when asked whether he would like to see Patrick seek national office in two years. “But, you know, I think, based on me talking to him, it sounds like he would like to take a little bit of a break. He’s still a relatively young man.”

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/19/obama-stirs-speculation-about-deval-patrick-political-future/tl4HNFF9j3EWXmNbLGKQbM/story.html

[Fearless]

1. Maybe, someday.

It's difficult to gauge how effective he would be without a supermajority of Democrats in Congress. (Not saying that he would fair poorly, but there is no way to know currently.) Maybe 2020 or 2024.

[Cha]

2. thanks alp

[DonViejo]

3. Deval's speech at the DNC:

[tarheelsunc]

4. "He’s still a relatively young man."

I'm not saying he's wrong, but Patrick is 5 years older than Obama.

[former9thward]

5. He is "relatively young" compared with the average age of the Chinese leaders.

But that is the only comparison that could make him 'relatively young'.