Charlie Baker Bends Over For The Tea Party

BostonGlobe:

William F. Weld, the quirky former governor who commands a lot popularity in some sectors of the state party, has endorsed two Democratic legislative candidates, including last week when he threw his support to a state senator, Richard Moore, a veteran Uxbridge legislator who is battling for his political life in the face of a challenge from one of the GOP’s best candidates.

That prompted the conservative GOP wing to demand that gubernatorial nominee Charlie Baker drop Weld, his political hero and role model, from his position as a senior campaign adviser. Little chance of that...

To placate the right, Baker immediately went out to the southern Worcester County district after the Weld endorsement of Moore [to event not on his public schedule], and held a public event endorsing Moore’s challenger, state Representative Ryan C. Fattman of Webster, a conservative anti-immigrant, antitaxes conservative who is seen as a rising star in the GOP.

The torch and pitchfork caucus have more to say about the matter, from their perspective, over at Red Mass Group.