http://gitell.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/patrick-v-obama/ on politics from Boston to Beirut (and of course... food) Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:26:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gitell.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/patrick-v-obama/#comment-85 The Road Ahead « Dispatches from Seth Gitell Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:24:07 +0000 http://gitell.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/patrick-v-obama/#comment-85 [...] Regarding Masschusetts, Governor-Elect Deval Patrick’s victory was historic on a number of levels. Not only does he become the second highest profile African-American official in the country, which you read here first, but his peformance was the best by a Democrat in Massachusetts since 1986. This was the famous Greek v. Greek election that launched Michael Dukakis on the path to a presidential run. For a sense of how long ago this was, it was only days after this dark, dark moment in Boston sports history. [...] [...] Regarding Masschusetts, Governor-Elect Deval Patrick’s victory was historic on a number of levels. Not only does he become the second highest profile African-American official in the country, which you read here first, but his peformance was the best by a Democrat in Massachusetts since 1986. This was the famous Greek v. Greek election that launched Michael Dukakis on the path to a presidential run. For a sense of how long ago this was, it was only days after this dark, dark moment in Boston sports history. [...]

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