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Charlie Baker’s quiet revolution

Charlie Baker’s quiet revolution

As the national media focus on the civil war within the Republican Party, the Republican governor of this liberal state is leading a quiet revolution in state government, and, in the process, creating a model of New Republicanism. Gov. Charlie Baker – and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito – are governing in style and substance that is moderate, pragmatic and unpretentious (there are no hints at being a "compassionate conservative," for instance) which, even in the firmly progressive Commonwealth, is highly

As the national media focus on the civil war within the Republican Party, the Republican governor of this liberal state is leading a quiet revolution in state government, and, in the process, creating a model of New Republicanism. Gov. Charlie Baker – and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito – are governing in style and substance that is moderate, pragmatic and unpretentious (there are no hints at being a "compassionate conservative," for instance) which, even in the firmly progressive Commonwealth, is highly…