Gov. Patrick will speak at the DNC. How long will it be before everyone falls asleep?
In another boost to his national political profile, Gov. Deval Patrick, a key Sen. Barack Obama supporter, will give a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention.“This election offers each of us in every American community an opportunity to make history, and I am honored to play a small part,” Patrick said in a statement about the high-profile appearance in Denver.
The speech is set to air during prime time Aug. 26, the second night of the convention. It could catapult the state’s first black governor into the national spotlight and further fuel whispers that he has his eyes set on a higher political prize.
Patrick will be speaking the same night as Obama’s foiled rival Hillary Clinton takes the stage. Clinton was also Patrick’s former ally when the freshman governor worked for former President Bill Clinton’s administration.
Patrick, named by Democratic officials with other governors such as Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio as “some of America’s strongest leaders on the economy and energy,” will focus on a call for bolstering the middle class, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee.
UPDATE: More from the Globe.
