The Globe's editors chose to focus their first paragraph of policy analysis on Patrick's primary substantive focus: economic development.
His economic prescription is simple but powerful: Hold the line on income taxes; focus on support for beleaguered communities to ease property taxes; and expand the economy by making Massachusetts a more inviting place for all kinds of businesses. Despite the easy stereotype, he is no big-spending, antibusiness liberal. His ideas for economic development are as serious and sensible as any candidate's, Republican or Democrat.
Interestingly, in an interview broadcast this evening on WBZ-1030 Radio's Lovell Dyett show, Patrick was asked his greatest frustration of the campaign. He answered, and I'm paraphrasing, "the media's inability or unwillingness to focus on what is the main focus of my campaign: economic development."
It appears that focus was apparent at least to the editors of the Boston Globe.
The editors then discussed his approach to the state's new healthcare law and his plan to repair the relationship between state government and cities and towns.
He has a measured, focused approach to implementing the state's complicated new healthcare law, already fraying at the seams. Just holding together the fragile coalition that passed the universal access law and steadily making it work is challenge enough for now. ``It's important for us to get past this politics that says we have to agree on everything before we can work on anything," he says. Similarly, he wants to fix the relationship between the state and the cities and towns, which he correctly says is in ``total breakdown."
The editors have, in my opinion, correctly listed the order of priority of issues facing our next Governor:
1. Economic Development.
2. Implementing the new healthcare law.
3. Increasing local aid.
Congratulations Mr. Patrick.
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