This image must give Joe Biden fits. Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Unless they have reason to know it’s not actually happening, the report that former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is considering a late entry into the presidential race has to cause some jitters in the far-flung precincts of Team Biden.
Those with long memories may recall that as the 2020 field was first forming, lots of associates of Patrick’s very close friend Barack Obama were urging him to join the race, as Politico reported in August of 2017: Patrick decided against a 2020 bid in December of last year, citing his wife’s health problems and unhappiness about the “cruelty of the election process.” Now, like Michael Bloomberg last week, Patrick appears to be reconsidering that decision, and for a similar immediate reason: the filing deadline for next February’s New Hampshire primary is this Friday, November 15.
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