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Charlie Baker For Governor? Keller's Analysis

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Jul 8, 2009 4:01 pm US/Eastern

Charlie Baker For Governor? Keller's Analysis

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Jon Keller
BOSTON (WBZ) ― Hmm. I can't imagine why someone so little known would want to use up one of their few guaranteed bursts of media attention by announcing their intention to run during one of the slowest news weeks of the year, but Baker is nothing if not green. And being green might not be a bad thing in the 2010 governor's race.

You certainly don't want to be tightly connected to a Beacon Hill establishment that - self-congratulation over their recent burst of long-overdue reforms notwithstanding - is not perceived as a pack of change-agents by a beleaguered electorate.

Baker is a bright fellow, no doubt about it, just like the current incumbent. And, like the incumbent, he's eager to show you how smart he is, even smarter than you are. He will need to work on his somewhat-imperious persona if he hopes to compete successfully for the votes of the disgruntled – both Christy Mihos and Tim Cahill have more experience doing that. Then again, so does Deval Patrick, who tapped into that vote quite successfully in 2006, but is now largely reviled by them.

Mistimed announcement aside, Baker will now have plenty of time to sharpen his rhetorical skills and figure out an issue or two he can ride, just as Patrick smartly identified the property tax and Cape Wind as issues he could use to distinguish himself from the pack. I look forward to moderating the Baker/Mihos debate, and to watching this thoughtful, somewhat stiff non-politician try to evolve into a lightning rod for the public's palpable discontent.

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