Wednesday, March 07, 2007

New In The Phoenix

In this week's Phoenix (on paper tomorrow, online now), I have a feature looking at the lack of statehouse veterans on Deval Patrick's staff -- and whether this lack of experienced insiders is hurting the governor's effectiveness.

Read for yourself:

The Green Governor?
Few of Deval Patrick's "fresh blood" staff have been seasoned in the statehouse hallways. Is the inexperience showing?

3/7/2007 3:25:44 PM by David S. Bernstein | Comments [1] |

Thursday, March 08, 2007 6:18:37 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

i'm reminded of the scene in the 'godfather' when sonny scolds hagen..."if i had a sicilian consigleri i wouldn't be in this mess! pop had jenko...look what i got." well, yea, the duke had sasso...and a lot of other talent. but most of 'em came around in round two. including mitropoulis, corrigan, keefe, etc. what patrick does have is idealisim and a swift learning curve. i'll wager a significant portion of his current posse will be gone come summer, replaced by national talent not interested in hitching-up with a national campaign or hiding out at the kennedy school.

jeffery mcnary

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