Charlie Baker, the Republican candidate for governor, proclaimed the need Monday for stronger state support for the fishing industry's fight to survive Obama administration policies — and he pronounced himself ready to provide it.
"I've been having a tantrum about this for months," said Baker. "As governor, I'll be knocking on the president's door."
The afternoon campaign stop at St. Peter's Square came only six weeks since Baker's last visit, also on the waterfront and a few yards to the east at The Gloucester House.
Two weeks ago, it was Gov. Deval Patrick's turn to meet with the industry. The first-term Democrat used that occasion at Cruiseport Gloucester to ruminate publicly about how best to leverage his friendship with the president to dissuade Obama from policies coming out of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its parent agency, the Department of Commerce.
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