Esquire weighs in on Deval Patrick's candidacy

[MBS]

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a29799495/deval-patrick-run-president-democrat-2020/

updated to emphasize: this article is in Esquire politics, but is authored by Jack Holmes rather than Charles Pierce.

This pretty much sums up all the reasons why Deval's candidacy seems to me doomed from the get-go:

There are a number of good reasons why this is a bad idea. The field is too full. There are too many centrists already. It’s too late in the process. Patrick missed his window the last time around. Patrick has made a lot of money repping industries that are anathema to the Democratic primary base. He presently works at Bain Capital, and if there’s one thing guaranteed to alienate the rising progressive power in the party, it would be nominating a guy who works for Mitt Romney’s company.

He also hints that the Obamas have been urging Deval to run. Deval's entry into the race is to me so obviously a bad idea that I'd be greatly disappointed if the Obamas proved to have been involved in Deval's race in any way:

Back in 2018, in the immediate aftermath of the midterm elections, as the 2020 presidential campaign was emerging from its larval stage, Boston.com noticed an intriguing passage buried in a lengthy New Yorker profile of Deval Patrick. It had been an open secret for years that Patrick’s wife, Diane, had been reluctant to go through the gauntlet of a national political campaign. (Both Deval and Diane Patrick had been quite open about her struggles with depression.) Boston.com called attention to the fact that Michelle Obama personally had lobbied Diane Patrick to get behind a presidential run for Deval. (In 2014, Barack Obama had told an interviewer that he thought Patrick would have been a good candidate in 2016.)

So far in 2020, the Obamas have studiously avoided anything that vaguely looked like a public endorsement of any of the current candidates. If they are behind the sudden re-emergence of Deval Patrick on the national scene, it would surprise practically nobody. . .

Say it ain't so,Barack.

[mcar]

1. It's not by Charles Pierce

[MBS]

6. sorry for the error, it's now been corrected. n/t

[mcar]

13. ...

[MBS]

7. point taken- it's published in Esquire politics, 90% of which is usually written by Pierce.

- thus my mistake. sorry for the error and the confusion.

[evertonfc]

3. his opinion

We have 7 on stage that don't have a chance. One more won't hurt

[AncientGeezer]

4. Say it ain't so Jack Holmes....

[ritapria]

5. The only way Patrick takes off

Would be for him to receive the endorsement of either of the Obamas ...I don't see that happening … It would be interpreted as a stinging rebuke to a very loyal Vice-President

[MBS]

9. My error (sorry)- it wasn't written by Pierce, but by an Esquire colleague, Jack Holmes.

I don't see the Obamas making an overt endorsement, either.
I'm less sure about behind-the-scenes conversations.
With or without the Obamas, though, there has got to be some backstory to explain why Patrick is getting into the race. Patrick must have some backers somewhere urging him to run.

Whoever is backing him, I still think he's making a big mistake.

[ritapria]

10. No problem

We all make mistakes

[Thekaspervote]

8. This bears repeating ..Patrick fires employees from his sex registry offenders office

In 2014 Deval Patrick fired leaders of his state's Sex Offender Registry for trying to force his brother in law to register due to being convicted of rape in California in 1993.

More at the link

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287346388

[ritapria]

11. I try to forgive people for their mistakes

But this is repulsive behavior and definitely disqualifying …...

[Thekaspervote]

12. Agree! Patrick having been in the political arena knows how it works

With what the gop have done and said about hunter Biden, Sanders and Warren imagine what they would do with this.