Deval Patrick: Hillary Clinton's perceived inevitability 'off-putting'

Deval Patrick: Hillary Clinton's perceived inevitability 'off-putting'
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) on Sunday warned that Hillary Clinton's perceived cakewalk to the Democratic presidential nomination could irk voters in 2016.

"I think that the narrative that it's inevitable is off-putting to regular voters," he said on Meet the Press. "People read inevitability as entitlement."

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.