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Deval Patrick criticizes Mitt Romney on jobs but says presumptive GOP nominee was not a failed governor

By Callum Borchers

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  June 03, 2012

Governor Deval Patrick hit his predecessor, Mitt Romney, on jobs in Massachusetts Sunday but continued to land softer punches than other surrogates for President Obama. Patrick, a co-chair of Obama’s reelection campaign, said the presumptive Republican presidential nominee had a poor record of job growth as governor, repeating the familiar statistic that Massachusetts ranked 47th in the nation in that category when Romney was in office. But, Patrick said, that “doesn’t mean he was a failure as governor.”

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