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Obama introduced Patrick to an adoring crowd of 2,000 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. But first, the Illinois senator basked in the crowd’s love, pausing to shake hands with the crowd that swelled on either side of him. Upon reaching the podium, he exclaimed, “It’s great to be back in Boston...
...Then, years later, I came back to Boston to give a little speech,” he added, referring to his much-praised keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He said that his message in the speech had appealed to people because, like Patrick, it was “visionary and hopeful,” not “pandering and cynical...
...Like Patrick, he said that he faced the party’s “favorite son” who had previously won a statewide race—a reference to Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, one of Patrick’s opponents—and that he had been underestimated due to his lack of name recognition and fund-raising...
...said that Patrick was one of his earliest financial backers when he ran for the state senate...
...when Obama ran for Senate in the last election cycle, Patrick donated $1,000 to Obama more than four months before the primary...