Wow, what a difference election night was this time around. Sure, some of the wild predictions for an electoral autodafe didn’t pan out, but a surprising number of the predictions did. It was highly gratifying to see Deval Patrick win, even from the vantage of a new city and state (where we are savoring Santorum’s defeat as slowly as a 30-year old armagnac). As someone who at points underestimated Patrick’s chances statewide, I’m happy to be proven wrong. It’s an odd bookend to my disappointment from the Reich campaign, a disappointment that was largely responsible for driving me to the blogging keyboard to begin with.
Given the suddenness of my move and demands of the new job (I’m teaching now at Temple University, and really enjoying it), I had to drop off the blogging scene for a while. Even now, I won’t have the time for current events blogging for the foreseeable future. But I didn’t want this blog to just linger without closure. So expect a few more posts before I hang up the hat.
Again, congratulations to Patrick and his campaign for an impressive victory. Let’s hope it’s a fresh page for Massachusetts politics.
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