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Unfortunately, Tom Reilly was explaining yesterday, there were “some issues.” Marie St. Fleur? Well, “this particular person” is “a wonderful person, an absolutely wonderful person.” As for Chris Gabrieli? “A wonderful, wonderful person.” But when it comes to politics, well, unfortunately, that’s not my strong suit. Then he said it again, that politics wasn’t his strong suit, and seconds later he circled back around it yet again. “Clearly,” he said, “it’s not my strong suit.” Strong suit? He’s got no suit at all. The AG has no clothes. Unfortunately, unfortunately, unfortunately . . . Most unfortunately of all, at least...

BOSTON - Marie St. Fleur, a little more than 24 hours after entering the lieutenant governor’s race, decided Wednesday to abandon her campaign after revelations of tax and loan delinquency, according to a top aide to her running mate, Attorney General Tom Reilly. St. Fleur’s financial troubles sparked revelations from another politician in the thick of this year’s gubernatorial campaign: Deval Patrick, Reilly’s top rival for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, released a statement disclosing that he, too, had been a tax delinquent. “More than a decade ago, Diane and I had an installment agreement with the IRS to pay, on...