CHICAGO - Over a year ago, Woody Kaplan, a major Democratic donor and longtime Deval Patrick supporter, helped the former governor plan his potential presidential bid. Unlike another latecomer to the race, Michael Bloomberg, Patrick doesn’t have the campaign cash or personal fortune to blanket television screens with advertising. Ask those close to Patrick what he needs to do in the presidential race, and the word “magic” comes up, again and again. But it’s far from clear that such “magic” can make up for lost time in a presidential campaign. So stay tuned.”But on the last weekend of the year, just over six weeks from the New Hampshire primary, Patrick was in Chicago.

Source: thestar December 31, 2019 18:00 UTC