Quote Gate

Gitell.com has offered a pizza from John’s Bakery in Roslindale to the individual who can guess the “State House veteran” who gave Adrian Walker the following quote about Deval Patrick and the Democratic House: “I would expect it will go through the same scrutiny and review and pushing and pulling as any Republican governor’s budget.”

Here are some guesses:

Jon Keller, “Finneran”.

Dan Kennedy, “Of course, you are right.”

Adam Reily, “Great call on the syntax. Gotta be the ex-speaker for life.”

The Fabulous Dana, “Hilarious. Correct the word ‘supposed’. ” Since corrected.

Right now the leading candidate is, ironically, on the far left.

New theory from Ernie Boch III. It’s a smart one, I think. He suggests Senate President Travaglini has taken on Finneran’s persona. “Finneran would not have said that anonymously. No need to. This sounds like the new and improved Trav. The cerebral Trav. The soft spoken trav.”