Politics
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will not run for Presidency in 2016
“The governor does receive a lot of invitations,” Walsh said. “He’s a pretty good speaker and he articulates the values of the party and the brand of politics that Democrats across the country are interested in.”
Walsh also said that there were no plans to use the Together PAC to raise money to make donations to specific candidates in other states, a strategy employed by other candidates with national ambitions, including former Gov. Mitt Romney as he built his campaign for president.
“The Together PAC has not done any of that,” Walsh said. “I’m not anticipating any changes.”
A replacement for Walsh will be made by a vote of the party’s Democratic State Committee. Walsh said he wasn’t aware of any candidates yet. The committee’s next meeting is next week.
Walsh conceded that his worst days as chairman came during the 2010 special U.S. Senate election when the Democratic candidate Martha Coakley lost to Republican Scott Brown to fill the seat left vacant by the death of longtime Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Walsh said that loss was also a learning moment. He said the party has bounced back and renewed its focus on building its grassroots outreach.
“One of the great opportunities I was given was screwing up that special Senate election and the opportunity to learn from that mistake,” Walsh said. “Making that mistake informs me a lot. It doesn’t haunt me anymore. We’ve beaten that ghost a little. We’ve shown that we learned those lessons.”
