Governor Deval Patrick was “all in” for his friend, the president. Now, it’s time to be “all in” for the citizens of Massachusetts.
After helping President Obama win reelection, Patrick said he won’t leave the State House for the Obama administration and isn’t considering a presidential run. “I don’t have any plans, and I don’t know how. I was all in for this president,” he told reporters last week.
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You supported him over Charlie Baker who would have stayed here and been a real Governor.
Next year I see Patrick either leaving for a position in the Obama administration or running for Senator when Kerry become secretary of state. Either way end up with Tim Murray as Governor or Patrick spending all his time campaigning for Senator - and no doubt the Globe will endorse him for Senator. This is very depressing.
You don't know what Charlie Baker would have done. That's just plain stupid. Do you read tea leaves or do you have a crystal ball?
I'm 72 years old, but the world has left me behind like it has you. I and those who think like me are in the ascendency.
That should have been: the world hasn't left me behind like it has you.
I really have to disagree with you Joan. The less time Patrick spends in Massachusetts "governing" can only be viewed as addition by subtraction. Please let him go away.
when ya mention tim murray the word should be spelled GOOBERnatorial. vennochi did ya read your papers piece today on OUR new T czar. thats a perfect example of how this county city and state is being run. straight into the ground and so deeply that the next words or sounds one here's will be in MANDARIN. vennochi you're a tad late with these words and you could be a lot more direct like only joan vennochi cn be if ya take your pretty little gloves off. the people deserve better. not from our pols as thats to late but from a journalist like yourself. ma
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Deval Patrick has one desire; to advance to the supreme court one day. He has never initiated leadership abilities since becoming governor. He, like his friend Obama, is only looking out for number one, hisself.
Add the MBTA debacle-in-the-making to the list of things that are going and have gone sideways on his watch. Likable person, great campaigner, lousy executive.
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The worst Governor to ever grace the State!!!!
Just like Obama is the worst President ever. Guess if you repeat stuff to yourself enough times you start to believe it.
You're a dinosaur, a relic of the past. Get used to it.
Joan, this sounds OK to me. What is wrong with this approach? http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/quality/boards/necc/remark-governor-patrick-10-23-12.rtf It appears the entire column is built on a specious premise: that the governor should have known about the problems in the agency before anyone else and done something about it immediately. He is not the state agency responsible for the DPH. When the problem surfaced and was defined, he acted. I think asking a governor to micromanage every person, every regulator, every investigator, every supervisor and department, is unrealistic....and impossible. It seems you have not noticed that almost all remedial effort is crisis-driven. It's all reactive because generally, before something happened, everything seemed just fine. What would you have had the governor do to prevent this incident and what would you have him do now that is more than he has already done?
The true premise is that an executive charged with running an organization is ultimately responsible for the proper operation of that organization. Assuming that everything is just fine is terrble management. Insuring that everything is just fine is excellent management. An executive should constantly seek to preempt crises through hiring and supervising competent people. The governor doesn't have to sweep every floor, but he/she is responsible for the people who do the sweeping. Under your scenario the Governor can say "They should have known." Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that said "The Buck stops here." Thnk about it.
rjcronin -- The buck stops here means ultimate responsibility, such as solving a problem when it's revealed. The governor, like any executive at a large corporation, can't micromanage. as sawmill pointed out. Any businessman will tell you that you hire managers and then hope they work out.
You, of course, are just being your usual anti-Democrat self. If Charlie Baker was governor, you'd be talking out of the other side.
And maybe you need to be reminded that Dookhan was hired while Mitt Romney was governor, and she apparently wasn't properly vetted. I guess Romney didn't micromanage to your satisfaction either.
Over in the left column is an article entitled "the new face of the GOP." Judging from the comments, it looks like the new face is the same as the old face with the additon of a strong dose of sour grapes.
Ms. Vennochi, why are your columns always a complaint, usually about something of no great importance, or -- as in this case -- unimportant nit-picking. Many of the politicians you complain about are doing better at their job than you are at yours.
Maybe something a little more cheerful is in order every once in a while. Are you capable of that?