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Deval Patrick Warns Democrats Against Prematurely Anointing Hillary Clinton
Nov 30, 2014 12:04 PM EST
The outgoing Massachusetts governor said President Barack Obama could have touted his record better and that more Democrats should have embraced it.
Greg Girouxt greggiroux
The roster of Democratic presidential candidates in 2016 won't include Deval Patrick.
"I've thought about it, but no, I can't get ready for 2016," Patrick, the outgoing two-term governor of Massachusetts and its first black chief executive, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a big early lead in preference polls of Democratic voters, and Patrick praised the former Secretary of State while warning that the nomination process should not come across as a coronation.
who said in March that the Massachusetts governor "would make a great president or vice president" but was likely to take "a little bit of a break" after the election.
Patrick said that he disagreed with New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer's comments last week that Democrats erred by focusing early in Obama's presidency on health care rather than on boosting wages and pulling the economy out of recession.
"You ask somebody who is not insured and is sick, or someone who is getting buried by health care-related debt whether health-care reform makes a difference, and they will tell you that it does make a difference," Patrick said.
Told ya'll...she doesn't have this shyt wrapped up AT ALL
Deval Patrick Warns Democrats Against Prematurely Anointing Hillary Clinton
Nov 30, 2014 12:04 PM EST
The outgoing Massachusetts governor said President Barack Obama could have touted his record better and that more Democrats should have embraced it.
Greg Girouxt greggiroux
The roster of Democratic presidential candidates in 2016 won't include Deval Patrick.
"I've thought about it, but no, I can't get ready for 2016," Patrick, the outgoing two-term governor of Massachusetts and its first black chief executive, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a big early lead in preference polls of Democratic voters, and Patrick praised the former Secretary of State while warning that the nomination process should not come across as a coronation.
who said in March that the Massachusetts governor "would make a great president or vice president" but was likely to take "a little bit of a break" after the election.
Patrick said that he disagreed with New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer's comments last week that Democrats erred by focusing early in Obama's presidency on health care rather than on boosting wages and pulling the economy out of recession.
"You ask somebody who is not insured and is sick, or someone who is getting buried by health care-related debt whether health-care reform makes a difference, and they will tell you that it does make a difference," Patrick said.
Told ya'll...she doesn't have this shyt wrapped up AT ALL
