For months, rumors have circulated about the possibility that Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton might choose a Massachusetts pol as her vice presidential running mate. On Saturday, the New York Times added fuel to the fire when it reported that the Clinton campaign has begun drawing up a list of up to 20 potential vice presidential choices, and that former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is on the list.
Patrick, who served as President Bill Clinton's Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and who has worked at Bain Capital since leaving the governorship in January, 2015, has repeatedly denied any interest in becoming anyone's 2016 vice presidential running mate.
CAMBRIDGE – As Donald Trump increasingly dominated the Republican presidential field over the primary season, the gap widened between millennials who support Democratic control of the White House and those who prefer a Republican in charge, with more than 60 percent favoring Hillary Clinton to a quarter who back Trump, a poll released Monday shows.
Support for keeping the presidency in Democratic hands climbed to 61 percent from 55 percent a year ago among Americans 18 to 29, while those who favor a Republican White House fell to 33 percent from 40 percent a year earlier, the survey from Harvard University's Institute of Politics shows. As Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have emerged as likely to face off in November, the net support in favor of the Democrat has nearly doubled to 28 percentage points among millennials in the survey from Spring 2015.
