Yesterday, Deval Patrick was inaugurated as the Governor of Massachusetts and only the second African-American elected governor in the U.S. Although people were skeptical about his decision to have his inauguration outside, the skies were clear and the temperature was near 60 degrees.
“I am descended from people once forbidden their most basic and fundamental freedoms, a people desperate for hope and willing to fight for it — and so are you,” the 50-year-old Democrat said from the Statehouse steps to a crowd of thousands that stretched into Boston Common.
The State Of . . . Progress. Former Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder attended the inauguration. He said that he didn’t think it would take 17 years to elect another black governor. But I guess when even the most educated among us decline to school our children with children of other races, it may take another 17 years before another is elected.
On another note, this Congress has the most women ever and we have heard allot about it. There are also a large number of women governors. This points to an easier road for Hillary to become president than Obama. Yet another reason I (rich) think Obama is unlikely to win if he decides to run. If he does, however, it will make it easier for John Edwards to catch Hillary and win the nomination.
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