Patrick Launches Campaign with Labor in Pittsfield

Deval Patrick kicked-off his first official campaign tour on Sunday at the annual Labor-Legislative Breakfast of the Berkshire Central Labor Council. By the accounts coming in so far -- it was a roaring success.

The Berkshire Eagle reported:

Deval Patrick says Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has been nothing more than a "recreational governor" during his time in office, using the state's money to travel the country in hopes of making a run at the presidency in 2008.

Patrick, speaking to a crowd of about 250 at the 20th-annual labor-legislative breakfast at Sons of Italy Itam Lodge 564 yesterday morning, fired verbal salvos at Romney and spoke about his own political aspirations to run for the governor's seat next year as a Democrat.

"(Romney) was going to build job opportunities in Massachusetts, but what he's done is gone all over the country on our dime," Patrick said.

A former NAACP and Clinton administration lawyer, Patrick, gave a stirring speech that elicited a standing ovation. He has not officially announced his run for office, but Suzanne Bump, Patrick's deputy political director, said he will do that today in Pittsfield when he makes two public appearances.

Well, OK. But what are bloggers saying about the event?

The headline at MargeBlog reads: Deval Patrick Wows Them in Pittsfield

Walk In Brain writes: "If Patrick can govern a tenth as well as he can speak, Massachusetts would be in capable hands. You can officially move this blogger from 'undecided' to firmly into the Deval Patrick camp."