The Boston Globe is reporting that Deval Patrick was out of state as the legislature was voting down his casino proposal in order to shop around a proposal for his autobiography to New York publishers.
Governor Deval Patrick traveled to New York last week to shop a proposal for an autobiography among New York publishing houses, departing the state to pursue the book contract just hours before the House voted down his high-profile casino legislation on Beacon Hill.The Massachusetts GOP is asking for suggestions for book titles... You can submit your own by clicking here.Disclosure of the trip's purpose cleared up a mystery that has lingered since last Thursday, when Patrick aides said he had left Boston on unspecified personal business and repeatedly and firmly declined to discuss any details.
Patrick's book would recount his dramatic rise from the streets of Chicago's South Side to the governor's office. Such a tale would draw comparisons to books written by his friend and political ally, Senator Barack Obama, whose "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope" have been longtime bestsellers.
Patrick's absence last Thursday raised eyebrows at the State House, where union members and a number of the governor's legislative allies on the casino issue remained throughout the day to follow through in their support of the bill.
Here are some of my ideas.
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama Deval Patrick
Together We Couldn't
Thoughtful and Eloquent:
Letters To Ben LaGuer
The Man Behind The $10,000 Drapes
No matter what it's called, or what it says, I can't imagine it getting god reviews or selling big... After all, Deval just recently got a bad review of his own governorship from the New York Times.
