Thursday, January 04, 2007

Deval takes the helm

I thought Deval gave a very good inaugural address drawing nicely on the history of the Commonwealth as the birthplace of democracy and liberty.

However I thought his victory speech on Election Night was much, much better. The reference in today's speech to the old lady struggling down the steps was a little awkward. Yesterday at roughly this time Governor Patrick told Eagan and Braude that he hadn't even started to write his speech. And today that showed a bit. A tired cliche seeped in:

"We know what to do. We know that our challenges were long in the making and will require long-term solutions. We know what to reach for. And we ought to know that either we invest today or we will surely pay excessively tomorrow. We know that investment in education today beats investment in prisons tomorrow."
Congratulations Governor Patrick from the loyal opposition.

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