Posted on 10/27/2014 1:40:08 AM PDT by jalisco555
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Not all is entirely well in the Commonwealth, though. In cities and towns far removed from the shiny new towers of Cambridge’s Kendall Square or Boston’s Seaport District, the economic picture looks much dimmer. Meanwhile, cracks are showing in the edifice of state government itself. The Department of Children and Families, the Probation Department, the state crime lab, the board that regulates compounding pharmacies, the state Labor Department’s unemployment system, the Health Connector website — voters have come to know all these terms as shorthand for the kind of bureaucratic failures that make them doubt state government’s ability to help Massachusetts move forward.
Effective activist government isn’t built on good intentions. To provide consistently good results, especially for the state’s most vulnerable and troubled residents, agencies need to focus on outcomes, learn from their errors, and preserve and replicate approaches that succeed. Baker, a former health care executive, has made a career of doing just that. During this campaign, he has focused principally on making state government work better. The emphasis is warranted. And in that spirit, the Globe endorses Charlie Baker for governor.
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Roundabout way to criticize Gov. Patrick. Guess they are afraid of being labeled racist.
It’s OK. The Glop wouldn’t endorse Baker if he wasn’t a Socialist.
As long as he’s for the “gay” agenda, the Globe won’t have any problems.
...and he’s ‘pro-choice’, as well.
Pro abort and pro rectal prolapse. No worries of him pursuing an actual Conservative agenda that MA hasn’t had from a Governor since Ed King.
Conservatives aren’t welcome anywhere in Red England...
Yes, he's a RINO, and yes, this is very surprising. I can't remember them ever endorsing a Republican.
We've had a lot of Republican governors. The last conservative governor was Ed King, a Democrat.
Time to start taking it back. State party by state party.
Of course, the Globe had endorsed Patrick over Baker in 2010.
But they can smell Charlie’s win coming next week.
Marsha Coakley really shot herself in the foot when she blasted Baker for taking a salary that as Attorney General she signed off on.
This is unintentionally true as any fascist or communist dictator can tell you. To be truly effective you need the death camps.
I think they endorsed Bill Weld at least once. Not surprising since he is their kind of Republican.
He’s better than ANY DEMOCRAT there for gosh sakes!!! NO CONSERVATIVE COULD EVER WIN!!! Take what you can.....geesh.
You funny. 4 RINO Governors in a row made MA worse and more hostile to the GOP than Mike Dukakis did. Sorry, Annie, but they aren’t better. Baker is hard-left even by Democrat standards.
Baker is a big abortion fan, btw.
ALL politicians in New England are...sadly!! Pretty sure the Democrat is way worse. You choose from your choices.
Our country has fallen into the DEVIL’S HAND so quickly, the 80’s were the last decent decade.....can’t compare the people today.
Losing Ted Kennedy's Senate seat to a Republican meant that Martha Coakley is a loser. Losing his own Senate seat to a baby-killer by 16 points in Pennsylvania meant that Rick Santorum is a loser. Losing the White House to you know who meant Mitt Romney is a loser.
This is non-ideological and spans the spectrum.
Rule #1: Never nominate losers.
“I can’t remember them ever endorsing a Republican.”
Right. I don’t know much about Tax-a-pukus, but the Boston Globe is flaming leftist. They even reported ‘Abu-grab’ hoaxes as though they were real news.
So it’s a good sign, very good. Even leftist papers are getting fed up with leftist politicians.
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