Obamarama leads to Patrick Party!
Last night I went to the Barack Obama rally for Deval Patrick. It was great seeing so many active political folk I knew from the Kerry campaign, the Democratic National Convention, Mass for Dean, CPPAX, my ward committee, DFA Boston, PDA-MA, the city council campaigns, and more--as well as being with thousands of people I'd never met before, inspired by the shared political vision and message of hope and change that Obama and Patrick share.
Sen. Obama compellingly told the story of how Deval helped provide crucial backing when he himself was just beginning his Senate campaign -- support that came both in the form of the three things every campaign is built upon: confidence in the candidate, time, and money. And now Obama, with his truly dazzling rhetorical prowess, was here to do the same.
Patrick delivered a compelling speech that stridently challenged Massachusetts insider politics and set the goal of reclaiming the mantle for Massachusetts as the leader in education, health care, and biotechnology. He decried the poor funding of our public educational system from elementary through higher education, noting that it is the students of the public universities who stay in Massachusetts. He touched upon CORI reform, enforcement of labor and wage laws, property tax reform, and a host of other policy issues that are related by his insistence on long-term responsibility as opposed to political expediency. He concluded with the message that it is our hope that his campaign needs and his governorship will need -- trust that we can defend our ideals and solve our problems. We have created the problems that we face, and we can create the solutions.
On my way out I saw Steve Grossman and Cam Kerry coming in for the Victory 06 fundraiser. Hosting a big-dollar fundraiser for the Democratic State Committee's coordinated campaign is one of the most brilliant moves the Deval Patrick campaign made in organizing this rally; good politics for all the right reasons.
Here's the Boston Globe's take.
Watch Sen. Obama's speech here.
And now it's off to Worcester this afternoon....
Sen. Obama compellingly told the story of how Deval helped provide crucial backing when he himself was just beginning his Senate campaign -- support that came both in the form of the three things every campaign is built upon: confidence in the candidate, time, and money. And now Obama, with his truly dazzling rhetorical prowess, was here to do the same.
Patrick delivered a compelling speech that stridently challenged Massachusetts insider politics and set the goal of reclaiming the mantle for Massachusetts as the leader in education, health care, and biotechnology. He decried the poor funding of our public educational system from elementary through higher education, noting that it is the students of the public universities who stay in Massachusetts. He touched upon CORI reform, enforcement of labor and wage laws, property tax reform, and a host of other policy issues that are related by his insistence on long-term responsibility as opposed to political expediency. He concluded with the message that it is our hope that his campaign needs and his governorship will need -- trust that we can defend our ideals and solve our problems. We have created the problems that we face, and we can create the solutions.
On my way out I saw Steve Grossman and Cam Kerry coming in for the Victory 06 fundraiser. Hosting a big-dollar fundraiser for the Democratic State Committee's coordinated campaign is one of the most brilliant moves the Deval Patrick campaign made in organizing this rally; good politics for all the right reasons.
Here's the Boston Globe's take.
Watch Sen. Obama's speech here.
And now it's off to Worcester this afternoon....
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