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Patrick support plummets, poll finds

Governor Deval Patrick, fresh off signing a major tax increase and still battling through a historic budget crisis, has seen a huge drop in his standing among Massachusetts voters and faces a tough road to a second term, according to a new Boston Globe poll.

The survey, taken 16 months before the election, shows that the public has lost faith in Patrick’s ability to handle the state’s fiscal problems or bring reform to Beacon Hill, as he had promised. He is either losing or running neck-and-neck in matchups with prospective rivals, according to the poll, conducted for the Globe by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

Gee. Cadillac Deval's approval rating is hovering around that of George Bush's right before he left office. What a tragedy. Why, it's almost like people don't like having their taxes raised, services cut, and freedoms curtailed while the .gov never stops growing... Oh, wait. This is Massachusetts. They're probably disappointed with Patrick because he hasn't outlawed all guns and internal combustion engines yet...

I did find this interesting:

Seven months ago, a Globe poll showed that 52 percent of independents viewed the governor favorably.

“I just somehow expected him to be more ready and have more of a plan in place by now than he does,’’ said one poll respondent, Norma George, a 71-year-old retired nurse from Duxbury.

Oh, make no mistake about it - Patrick had a plan in place. Unfortunately for Massachusetts, that plan appeared to be "Get elected. Raise taxes. Get a cushy job in 0bama Cabinet". Having failed to be elevated to a national position, Patrick has flailed and failed as governor. This is the guy who, just hours before a landmark bill to allow casino gambling in MA was voted on, flew to NY to ink a book deal. The casino bill was championed by Patrick as the savior of the MA economy, and he couldn't wait 24 hours to sign a book deal to enrich himself.

And now that the economy has gone south, the only plan he has is to raise taxes. Even then, he's been dishonest with MA residents - pitching the increase as 6¼%, then actually signing a 6½% increase. He's been nothing short of brutal to the 2A community, proposing useless one-gun-a-month laws, doubling of permit fees, outlawing private sales, and continuing the unconstitutional practices brought upon us by the 1998 Gun Control Act.

Raising taxes and reducing freedom - that's the Massachusetts way!

That is all.