Deval Patrick's Bain Capital experience makes him the 2020 candidate with the 'longest of long shots,' political strategist says
, saying it's contributed to the downfall of several retail giants, such as Payless and Toys R Us.
, trying to set his work at the firm apart from the stereotypical image of private equity as corporate raider.Still, though his time at Bain didn't overlap with Romney's, Patrick might be seen as a candidate with ties to the Utah senator, said Mary Anne Marsh, a principal at political consulting firm Dewey Square Group.
It's "a time-honored tradition" for Democratic candidates to bring up Bain Capital in cases against opponents, she added. "When Ted Kennedy ran against Mitt Romney [in the 1994 Massachusetts Senate election], he used his time at Bain Capital against him, and it was a success," she said, noting that former President Barack Obama based part of his 2012 reelection campaign on the same argument.
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