Deval Patrick is trying to assemble a presidential campaign from scratch in real time. He's got a long way to go.
At a private dinner last week in South Carolina, Patrick told a group of black Democratic insiders that a traditional campaign is coming soon, according to three people in attendance. And Rakov said the fledgling campaign is becoming more organized by the day.
Still, some Democrats in early states aren’t ready to write off Patrick. At the South Carolina dinner, Patrick quizzed members of the state’s Democratic Black Caucus about potential operatives who aren’t committed to other candidates. Patrick didn’t appear to be in a big rush, they said, focused instead on finding the right fits.
“I think that even with all of those folks who may have different challenges of their own, his challenges might be too hard to overcome,” said Shaundell Newsome, a Las Vegas businessman who is active politically. Biden and Harris have been courting his endorsement for months, Newsome noted. Patrick is planning to do few in-person fundraisers, a person working with the campaign said, because he needs to spend the bulk of his time meeting voters. Allies hope he will catch fire on the trail and build a following of online donors, though he does not start with a base.
"He’s got to pay for the campaign. He’s not Bloomberg. We’re going to have to start seeing the math."One top Boston-area donor who has thrown his weight behind Patrick is John Fish, CEO of Suffolk Construction Co., the largest building company in New England. The event is being billed as the last time Patrick and his wife will be in the same room in Massachusetts until March 2020. It suggests contributions of $5,600 or $2,800, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by POLITICO.
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