On their eternal bid to entice SOMEONE from Massachusetts to run for President in the upcoming election cycle. Their reasoning is simple stark and cynical, a local politician going for the Big White House sells papers, never mind that an epic five candidates from The Commonwealth, nominees and aspirants have all entered the lists none of them have made it.
But the Globe is undeterred and was ginning up an epic five candidates yesterday...and they were:
John Kerry, The Former Senator & Secretary of State would likely love another shot at it, but I am assuming the money just isn't there for him, nor the necessary campaign professions, losing a presidential election, even by a narrow margin carries a stigma these days.
Elizabeth Warren: She keeps saying no to it, and the Globe simply parses and parses her statements until they get to some feeble contruction that convinces them she really leaving the door open a crack. I don't think Warren will run, the Globe would just love to symbolically punish her for her confidence and ambition by writing a "tsk tsk tsk" political Obit when she loses.
Congressman Kennedy: The Globe just loves ginning up Kennedy's for the Big Job its an autonomic relfex for them by now. In reality Kennedy is a freshman congressman with a long career before him that running for President would ruin. He knows it, the Globe refuses to accept it.
Deval Patrick: Sadly the former Governor might just pile, I suspect his decision will turn on prosaic staffing & fundraising considerations. I wish he'd give this a pass, but there are louder contrary voices than me in this discussion...
Congressman Moulton: For sheer impulse and ambition's sake, Seth MIGHT pile in, pretty much his whole career has been a monument to his reliable political "gut", but then at the end of the day he is a congressman like Kennedy who is still new to the game. The prospect of being in the majority next year may well temper both Kennedy & Moulton's alleged presidential prospects, but given his fabled orneriness, I can see Moulton making a race, please someone, talk him out of it!
And then there is the bottom of the bill headlined by:
Mitt Romney! Forget it, he has disengaged from Massachusetts and is running for a Safe Senate Seat in Utah this demonstrates to me that Mitt is the same old trimmer he has always been and lacks the courage to primary Donald Trump.
Well thats the field so far folks...hopefully everyone will take stock and decline to run, because I don't see any tectonic shift in US Politics that would allow a candidate from Massachusetts to run AND win....hate to be a cynic, but there I am.
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