Deval Patrick: Democratic primary is 'wide open'

[brooklynite]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Deval Patrick insisted Monday he has a real shot at the Democratic nomination despite his last-minute entry into a packed field earlier this month.

"It's a wide-open race," the former Massachusetts governor told reporters at the Politics & Eggs breakfast, hosted by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. "And the fact that folks have been in for a long time and campaigning for a long time now, raising money for a long time ... has not resolved it."

Patrick's comments came on the heels of a trip through the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. "What I've seen is that the path we knew was there is wider than I fully appreciated."

Patrick jumped into the presidential race 11 days ago. His decision to run made waves in his home state of Massachusetts, which he shares with frontrunner Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Yes, but he won't be a part of it...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. No, it isn't. There are currently four or five viable candidates

and he isn't one of them.

[TheRealNorth]

14. +1

Last thing we need is a Democratic version of Mitt Romney.

[snowybirdie]

2. And I've seen

the Bloomberg commercial so many times today, I'm about to throw something at the tv.

[ritapria]

3. I'm sorry to hear that

Well this is Turkey Week after all

[CentralMass]

10. :-)

[SCantiGOP]

4. I tape the NBC news every night

and then play it so I can fast forward through commercials.
Every night, for at least the last two weeks, my recording starts with a damn Tom Steyer commercial.

[TheRealNorth]

15. I have some respect for Tom Steyer

Steyer at least isn't running to protect his tax cuts.

[SCantiGOP]

16. Not a real problem with him

But here in SC his are the only ads we see. And, I don’t know who is paying but there are Tulsi billboards all over the state.

Biden still has a huge lead here in the polls.
Dem electorate is almost 2/3 black, but he has a troubling low margin among under 30
AAs as compared to over 50s.

[sop]

5. Deval's at 0% in every poll (as of Sunday)

[BlueMTexpat]

6. In Deval's dreams! eom

[rusty fender]

7. Says the man who had

two people show up for his speech at Morehouse College!

Wide open? Yes, everyone’s mouths when you announced your candidacy

[Docreed2003]

8. So that's why he had an empty room for his campaign kickoff?

[Hortensis]

9. :) Half-assed. He should just claim he's the new frontrunner.

And if that didn't get attention, he could threaten to sue all the media who didn't give him frontrunner attention and see if that helped.

[SCantiGOP]

17. He might be leading in some polls

Like those that Trump tweeted about this morning showing impeachment support is now in the 20% range

[Hortensis]

18. Lol. As a MA governor, tho, Patrick is well known in NH, and

according to a CBS News Battlefield Tracker poll, only 23% of NH Dems said they've decided who they will vote for in less than 3 months. Room there for a newbie to pick off some wobbling NH Sanders voters. Apparently they're wondering why he's doing so poorly when Democrats haven't even had a chance to steal his elections yet.

[msongs]

11. no no the ones who think they are annointed will disagree with patrick on this lol nt

[LongtimeAZDem]

12. So is the seating at his events

[redqueen]

13. He's not wrong. Undecided / don't know still comes in at a solid second place finish

in most polls.

They leave that number out when reporting on candidate support, but that is a significant amount of people they're basically pretending don't exist / won't be a factor.

Just more manipulation imo.