7/16 Newsweek Article

After the Trailblazers
They represent a ’sea change’ in black politics: leaders who appeal to all races by stressing consensus over conflict.
A friend linked me this piece about the new generation of black politicians. It doesn’t offer anything new or insightful. But you may want to check it out for yourself: newsweek

Patrick-Obama Part I

The Kindred Rise of Obama, Patrick
From the Associated Press
 BOSTON — Early in Deval Patrick’s run for governor, when few Massachusetts voters had heard of the maverick candidate with the odd first name, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama stopped by Cambridge for a class reunion at Harvard Law School.
Obama extolled the virtues of Patrick, a fellow Harvard [...]

Patrick-Obama Part II

Patrick, Obama campaigns share language of ‘hope’
From The Boston Globe
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff  |  April 16, 2007
Of all the things Deval Patrick’s Republican opponent threw at him in last year’s governor’s race, one charge that stuck in his craw was that his speeches were more fluff than substance — that they were, in Patrick’s [...]

Patrick orders gay marriages recorded, reverses Romney’s prohibition

From Boston.com  
BOSTON –Gov. Deval Patrick has ordered officials to record the marriages of 26 out-of-state gay couples whose unions were blocked by his Republican predecessor from being registered in the state’s vital records.
The Democratic governor said he wanted to reverse action taken by former Gov. Mitt Romney — a Republican presidential candidate.
“I think that [...]

Deval must make the most of his second chance

Deval must make the most of his second chance
By Joan Vennochi  |  March 17, 2007

THERE ARE NO do-overs in politics, but there are second chances. For Deval Patrick, it’s time to look in the mirror, see the leader Massachusetts voters elected last November, and start acting like that leader.The new governor rearranged the deck [...]