The Boston Channelis reporting that Barack Obama is on his way to Massachusetts to stump for embattled incumbent Mass. Governor, Democrat Deval Patrick on October 16, 2010. The rally will be held at the Hynes Convention Center at 12:30 pm. This begs the question, with every democrat in the Commonwealth vulnerable, will the Obama visit, do a whit of good for Patrick?
Recall the last time Obama stopped in to support equally popular then candidate Martha Coakley back in January of 2010 - she lost the race for the open Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown. In addition, the attendance at the Coakley rally was somewhat dismal to say the least – 1500 attended a rally held inside a school gymnasium, with another “2500 in a spillover room” (Globe). In Massachusetts, even in frigid January, a crowd of 4,000 is, in a word, chump change.
With increasing drama coming from “Independent” Tim Cahill’s’ campaign, specifically the revelation from one of his staffers (who summarily quite) that both Cahill and Patrick’s campaign were working together to undermine the Republican, Charles Baker’s chances, it is doubtful that Obama’s visit will garner results any more successful than his January visit with Coakley.
Both Obama and Patrick were mentored by David Axelrod, white house advisor and campaign strategist - Patrick was used as the “field trial” down to the slogan “Yes We Can” for the 2008 Obama campaign. What the strategists fail to understand is that Massachusetts, although a blue state has been under the Patrick administrations guidance for longer than the nation has had to endure Barack(Barak to Barack) corrected 10-17) Obama – and, simply put, the citizens know better now – both in Massachusetts and the Nation as a whole. It is doubtful that this visit will have any impact on the actual odds of Patrick being reelected, despite his and Cahill’s best efforts.
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