Interesting article.
But the author doesn’t say what Obama hopes to achieve with Patrick. If Patrick has no chance because it’s too late and he’s millions behind on fundraising, what would this move achieve, other than undermining Biden and clearing the way for Warren, who the author correctly observes scares the Democratic smoke-filled room.
A thought:
This clears the way for Michelle to jump in late, possibly as late as the convention.
Another thought:
Is it any coincidence that the opposite of Deval (all money and organization, no natural constituency) jumped into the race at precisely the same time? Bloomberg.
Possibly the plan is for the two of them to link up in a brokered convention. Bloomberg P, Patrick VP. Then Partick can run on his own in 4 or 8 years.
> This clears the way for Michelle to jump in late, possibly as late as the convention.
It keeps the water muddy and hopefully prevent anybody else from pulling out with a clear lead. Hillary teasing a run is another example of muddying the waters. It’s gonna be the wookie.
I believe Deval Patrick is mainly running to establish credibility as a VP candidate, and to help the Democrats deal with internal polls that are almost certainly showing a massive hemorrhage of black voters (especially men) to Trump.
It means that Obama doesn’t think Spartacus or Kamala have any hope of becoming the nominee so another black person should enter the race. He may know better than anyone else if Michelle is really thinking of running...I doubt that she will. If she did want to be President she would be better off waiting until 2024.
And don’t forget Hillary....Ready to pounce...