Massachusetts Rebuffs the Chosen One

Long time readers of this blog may remember that I thought MA voters may not go for then candidate-Obama in big numbers since they had already seen that play. As most know MA Gov. Patrick ran a campaign very similar to Obama's and the two share political advisory. Well, as it turns out I was wrong, sort of.

MA voters did vote overwhelmingly for Obama, but now the bloom is certainly off the rose. From today's Boston Herald:

President Obama blows into the bluest state today facing a cold shoulder from once true-blue admirers, as gay rights activists, anti-war protesters and vexed environmentalists vow to picket a fund-raiser he’s headlining for Gov. Deval Patrick - a marquee event that hasn’t even sold out.

As of last night, liberals who once braved frigid temperatures to behold Obama were shunning tickets to the fund-raiser at the posh Westin Copley Place featuring the president, sources told the Herald. And despite campaign denials, Patrick operatives reportedly were pushing the ducats - between $500 and $6,000 - by e-mail up to the last minute.

“He’s reaching the point in his presidency where not only has the honeymoon ended, but the fighting has begun,” said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia presidential scholar.