Massachusetts Republican Health Care Expert Will Challenge Deval Patrick for Governor in 2010
Harvard Pilgrim CEO and Republican, Charles Baker, has announced his candidacy to run for Governor of Massachusetts in 2010.
“The Massachusetts governor’s race is more than a year away, but it’s heating up fast, with the head of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care now saying he’s going to resign his post there and toss his hat in the ring as a Republican.”
“A state that can’t grow jobs, can’t keep it’s young people, is in deep, deep, serious long-term trouble and that’s what I see when I look at Massachusetts right now,” Baker said.”
Deval Patrick’s slogan based, David-Axelrod-orchestrated-campaign of Yes We Can “Together We Can” is wearing thin with many Bay State residents who feel they are over taxed and under-represented. Massachusetts is dominated exclusively by Democrat politicians, a few of whom have been brought up on charges of bribery and fraud in recent months.
The Boston Herald (the Boston newspaper that’s not going broke) is already reporting that 2010 may be the “Real Year of Change”
“The premature pop of the starter’s pistol in the 2010 race for governor has rattled summering pols amid Beacon Hill buzz the campaign season could bring an unprecedented shuffle in major elected seats.”
Charles Baker will no doubt receive massive support from listeners of Michael Graham at 96.9 WTKK, who was recently dubbed Boston’s “Maestro of Conservative Controversies” by the Boston Phoenix.
Michael Graham has been using his experience as a former campaign manager to organize ordinary Massachusetts citizens to run for state and local office in an effort to break the bureaucratic stranglehold on the Bay State.
“150 citizens, normal people, political novices and neighborhood activists jammed the dining room of Ken’s Steakhouse at 8am on the most beautiful Saturday we’ve had in New England this year. Their hands are raised because I’ve just ask(ed) “How many of you plan to be on the ballot in 2009 or 2010.”
“The response was overwhelming.”
WTKK’s afternoon talker Jay Severin, a conservative Libertarian and WTKK’s evening talker Michele McPhee, an expert on crime reporting are also likely to throw their support behind Charles Baker, as well as WRKO’s longtime favorite, Howie Carr, a frequent critic of Governor Deval Patrick.
2010 may still be a way off but the growth of the Tea Party movement and the massive increase in ratings for FOX News bodes well for conservatives.
If successful, Charles Baker’s announcement to run for governor in the bluest of blue states may become known as the conservative shot heard around the USA.
