One Candidate Standing

From the State House News Service:

"Breakfast with the Candidates" for governor became breakfast with a single candidate as Deval Patrick, the Democratic nominee, turned out to be the only one who showed up. Venture capitalist Chris Gabrieli, a Democrat, and independent candidate Christy Mihos cancelled, said Mark Mason, president-elect of the Massachusetts Bar Association, which sponsored the morning debate with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly at Suffolk University Law School. Attorney General Thomas Reilly, also a Democratic candidate, and Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, the Republican nominee, chose not to attend, he said.

"One candidate standing is exactly, if we play our cards right, what we want this to look like after the election," Patrick, a former Clinton Justice Department official, quipped.

Again, Patrick is the only person to show up. And he'll keep doing that.