In the first major speech of his campaign, Deval Patrick wasn’t widely booed by the progressive activists of the California Democratic Party. That in itself was an accomplishment
LONG BEACH, Calif. — It was an inauspicious start for Deval Patrick, debuting his presidential campaign to polite, but conspicuously muted applause.
Later, asked if he was trying to have it “both ways,” Patrick told reporters, “That is not both ways … Our goals should be ambitious. Our means may differ. And that’s OK.” But far from Patrick’s home base of New England, it is possible he is simply not well known enough to provoke a reaction of any kind.Patrick, due to his late entry into the Democratic primary, was relegated to the convention’s equivalent of the kid table, speaking after author Marianne Williamson, former Reps. Joe Sestak and John Delaney on Saturday morning, while higher-polling candidates were invited to an afternoon forum moderated by Jorge Ramos, the Univision news anchor.
Patrick told reporters Saturday that from his position on stage, it was “really hard to tell” what kind of reception he received. But he acknowledged “a lot of folks are just meeting me, and I them.”
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