by Hale Champion
If Christy Mihos has fifteen million dollars and is willing to spend it, he could well finish second in the gubernatorial campaign – still far behind Deval Patrick but ahead of his GOP rival.
Kerry Healy made a nervously brave try in the opening debate, but Mihos was a lot happier and a lot feistier. He may turn out to be a bantam-weight version of former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. Just like Ventura, Mihos seems to think that the old political maxim, “Give’em a show or give’em a fight,” should really be “Give’em a show and a fight.” Mihos provided both in a single performance.
Unfortunately for both Mihos and Healy, Deval Patrick already looks like the Governor most of the voters in this state have been yearning for: friendly but firm; articulate but not garrulous; informed but not a wonk; a listener, but ultimately his own man.
Elections are never done deals until the polls close on the first Tuesday in November – and sometimes (alas) not even then. But if Patrick continues to campaign as energetically and effectively as he has ever since he first came out of the blue less than two years ago, Beacon Hill denizens should start thinking about when instead of if.
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