The shotgun wedding between Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor hopeful Karyn Polito had its engagement announcement in Monday’s Boston Globe.
Running mate issue gets thornier for Charlie Baker
Karyn E. Polito, the former Republican legislator who lost a 2010 run for state treasurer, is poised to announce her candidacy for lieutenant governor this week, a move that puts GOP gubernatorial favorite Charlie Baker in a difficult spot as he ponders a potential running mate.
Polito, a 47-year old Shrewsbury resident, is expected to
declare as early as Tuesday that she will seek the nomination for the second spot on the 2014gubernatorial ticket, according to several state Republicans with knowledge of her plans.
Baker is expected to lead the ticket, and Polito’s candidacy would pose a politically ticklish question for him: whether to try to control the makeup of his ticket, as he successfully did in his 2010 run for governor, or to leave the decision to voters.
Having Polito as a running mate could be both an asset and a potential liability.
And etc.
The GOPpy couple tied the knot in today’s edition of our stately local broadsheet . . .
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I hear Baker asked Dukakis – both Mike and Kitty – first, but they both said no.
That really hurts, Mick.