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  • ED: IT IS TIME FOR THE OTR POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE.

  • JOININUSG IS REPUBLICAN ANALYST ROB GRAY AND A "BOSTON GLOBE" COLUMNIST.

  • JANET: BILL WELD EXPLORES A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

  • HE HAS SHARP EDGED TH ACCIDENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT WILL HE BE MORE THAN A THORN IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SIDE?

  • ROB: MOST REPUBLICANS BACK THE PRESIDENT, BUT THERE ARE POWER CENTERS IN THE PARTY WHO DON’T BACK THE PRESIDENT.

  • THEY ARE FUELING WELD’S RUN.

  • HOW MUCH GAS IS GOING TO BE IN THAT TANK?

  • IS OUT THERE NOW.

  • JAT:NE ADRIAN?

  • ADRIAN: IT WILL BE HARD TO BE MORE THAN A THORN IN HIS SIDE OF YOU WILL BE FUN AND AUS M -- AMUSING SORT IN HIS EYE.

  • JANET: IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY REPUBLICANS JUMP IN.

  • ROB: WELD AGAINST TRUMP MANO A MANO WOULD BE GOOD FOR WELD.

  • :ED CHARLIE BAKER, WHO IS CONNECTED TO BILL WELD, DID NOT ENDORSE HIM.

  • IS THAT HAVE ANY TRAINING HERE - - RINGING HERE?

  • ROB: HE DID ENDORSE WELD.

  • YOU DID NOT ENDORSE CHRIS CHRISTIE UNTILHE T FINAL OF FEBRUARY A YEAR FROM NOW.

  • CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS OUT OF THE RACE TWO WEEKS LATER.

  • IT DID NOT LAST LONG.

  • HE WILL IN TIME.

  • ADRIAN: HE WILL EVENTUALLY ENDORSE HIS MENTOR.

  • ED: INTERESTING FUNDRAISER IN BOSTON THIS WEEK -- FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY WAS ONE OF THE HOSTS FOR THE KAMALA HARRIS EVENT.

  • THERE WAS A LIST OF LOBBYISTS AND RAINMAKERS WHO ATTENDED.

  • ADRIAN, WHAT IS TO BE MADE OF THIS?

  • ADRIAN: IT IS SMART FOR KAMALA RRHA TO CAST AS WHISENANT AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF FUNDRAISING AND BUILDING SUPPORT.

  • ED: RIGHT IN THE HEART OF ELIZABETH WARREN’S STATE.

  • ADRIAN: SHE HAS TO COMPETE IN EVERY STATE.

  • ROB: IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE KAMALA HARRIS WAS ANG, A AS WAS MARTHA COAKLEY.

  • HOWEVER, IT DOES RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF ELIZABETH WARREN’S TEMPE TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ENDORSEMENT THIS EARLY IN HER HOME STATE JANET: EXACTLY.

  • WE ARE MORE THAN A YEAR AWAY FROM THE PRIMARIES.

  • THERE IS A LOT OF TIME FOR FUNDRAISING.

  • MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN A BIGGER HOME -- ROB: THERE IS LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT ENDORSED WARREN YET.

  • ED: AND WHAT IS THERE FOR THE RECORD THAT MARTHA COAEYKL WAS A CHANNEL 5.

  • JUST BE TRANSPARENT.

  • NEJA SHARING TIME WITH JAMES CORDENND A 50 CENT -- ED: GOOD.

  • NET:JA WHO SUGGESTED SHE SHOULD LOOSEN UP.

  • [LAUGHTER] JANET: WILL THIS HELP WITH THE YOUNG VOTE, ADRIAN?

  • ADRI:AN I THINK IT IS GOOD ADVICE.

  • ED: THERE’S THE SELFIE THERE.

  • ADRIAN: LISTEN UP IS GOOD ADVICE.

  • ROB: ADRIAN IS RIGHT.

  • SHE DOES NEED TO LOOSEN UP.

  • SHE IS A STIFF CANDIDATE.

  • SHE IS NOT REALLY BEEN TESTED AS A CANDIDATE, BECAUSE SHE HAS HAD MOSTLY EYAS RUNS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

  • I’M NOT SURE GLORY AND REFLECTED YOUTH WORKS FOR CANDIDATES.

  • ED: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GE ISSUE.

  • GE IS GIVING BACK $90 MILLION IN INCENTIVES TO THE STATE NOW THAT I CANNOT GO THROUGH WITHHE T PROMISE TO BUILD THE HEADQUARTERS, IDEAS ARE GOING THROUGH WITH HOW TO SPEND THE

  • MONEY.

  • ANY SUGGESTIO?NS ROB: I HAVE BORING SUGGESTIONS, WHICH IS PUT IT IN THE RAINY DAY FUND,AY P THE UNFUNDED PENSION OBLIGATIONS, DON’T RSEAI TAXES.

  • I’M FOR ALL OF THAT INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT.

  • ADRIAN: SOME OF IT WAS SUPPOSED TOO G TO EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

  • ED: DO YOU THINK THAT IN THE END GE IS GOING TO REFUND THE MONEY?

  • ADRI:AN THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO.

  • I’M ASSUMING THE STATE WON’T ALLOW THEM TO SLIP OUT.

  • ROB: I THINK THEY WILL.

  • THEY HAVE OTHER INTERESTS HERE.

  • I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD FOR IT.

  • JANET: NEXT SEASON --

ED: IT IS TIME FOR THE OTR POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE.

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