Romney Trails two Democrats in new Poll

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http://www.statehousenews.com/public/Poll/ESumm.htm

State House News Poll (352 registered  voters)

Tom Reilly: 52%
Romney: 36%

William Gavin: 46%
Romney: 41%

Romney: 42%
Deval Patrick: 40%

Reilly and Gavin (if he runs) are the two Democratic "establisment" candidates, while Deval Patrick is the little known newcomer. If I was in Massachusetts, I'd be voting for Patrick in the primary. From what I've seen and read, he is an exciting candidate.

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So of the three Democrats, you'd support the only one who is currently losing?  Way to go.

Was that a joke?

Anyway, Patrick is by far the least known candidate and I have no problem with supporting him.  He is a progressive, reform-minded Democrat.

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patrick has a horrible organization.  i dont think he will be much of a factor in the primary.

You could be right, but the primary is a long ways off and he has plenty of time to make himself known.

rommey can and would beat any of the three mentioned candidates in the poll.

Nah, Massachusetts is already sick of their flip-flopping governor who travels around the country insulting his own state.  He will be gone, whether he declines to run again or gets voted out.

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Not really.  You posted a thread containing three polls; two showing Romney losing.  You declared your support for the only one that Romney is beating.

Nothing wrong with that. Like I said, Patrick is by far the least known of the candidates.

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did anyone else notice how poorly reilly did in the local democrat conventions across mass on saturday.  deval patrick received more delegates than reilly...by a 2-1 margin.

Patrick is a candidate who gets people excited while Reilly is a status quo type machine Democrat. I think Deval Patrick has a good chance to be the next governor of Massachusetts.

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1.  deval patrick is certianly more popular with the liberal activists (ie the people who actually go to local conventions on a saturday).  reilly's base is with blue collars (ie people who have lives.

Deval Patrick is basically an unknown whose popularity is gaining the more people get to know him. Reilly has a huge leg up when it comes to name recognition and experience, but Patrick can make up the gap with his charisma and outsider appeal.

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patrick is basically a latte liberal. 

What do you mean by "latte liberal"?? You think a poor kid from the southside of Chicago is a "latte liberal"?

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no but i think a corporate lawyer is.

What a frigging retarded comment.

hey did you see the news this past week where it was revealed that patrick had a tax lien placed against him several years ago, despite working for a prestigious boston law firm?

Yes I did. He was paying the IRS on an installment plan and missed a payment or two. He paid all of it back the next year. This won't even be an issue in the race.

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i thought you democrats hated corporations?

No, only simple-minded Republicans like yourself believe such crap.

Democrats are against corporate abuse, not corporations in general. Corporations that work for the benefit of both their employees and their shareholders are a very good thing (see Costco as a good example).