A progressive thinking about Reilly
Chris doesn't understand all the lefties getting excited about former Coca-Cola exec Deval Patrick's impending run for governor in the 2006 elections:
... On one side, you have a candidate who's charismatic, experienced and almost tailor made to take on Romney on the reform platform. On the other you have an unknown, out-of-state candidate whose only raison d'etre is that progressives find Reilly too moderate in both style and substance. Look, I find Reilly too moderate, too, and am especially leary of a governor that opposed gay marriage vociferously. I even find his opposition to the wind farm craven NIMBYism. However, there is a time it's useful for progressives to be demanding more from their candidates, and the election after four Republican governors in a row is not that time. ...
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