Pataki announces he’s ending White House bid

Pataki announces he’s ending White House bid

BERLIN, N.H. (AP) — Former New York Gov. George Pataki has ended his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with just over a month to go before the first nominating contests begin.

Pataki made the announcement in an ad that aired on local NBC affiliates in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina Tuesday night.

The Year 2015 and the ‘Peril of Hope’
Massachusetts

The Year 2015 and the ‘Peril of Hope’

James P. Freeman
"It is right there
Betwixt and between
The orchard bare
And the orchard green"

— Robert Frost from "Peril of Hope"

With an eerie prescience, the January 9 front page print edition of The Boston Globe captured perfectly the mixture of fear and anticipation associated with the hope a new year brings. Two headlines above the fold – "Boston picked to bid for Olympics" and "Baker promises firm fixes, sensitive touch" – would set the tone for 2015 in Greater Boston.

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