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Discussion Draft

On October 1S\ I left the Cahill campaign as the candidate for Lt. Governor because I was convinced that
Tim Cahill could no longer win and I did not want to be part of what I viewed as a concerted effort to re-
elect Deval Patrick. I have been attacked considerably in the media over the past several days for making
this important and personally difficult decision. Indeed, Tim Cahill and others have made wild
accusations that I never discussed with Tim in advance my concerns with the campaign, that there was
some type of improper insider deal with Charlie Baker, and that I am some type of traitor for doing what I
did. All of these allegations are completely unfounded and I categorically deny such baseless claims.
Because Tim has been so disingenuous over the past week, I will now provide additional details regarding
my decision.

Throughout Tim Cahill's candidacy for Governor there has been continued speculation that his role would
simply be that of a "spoiler" ensuring the re-election of Deval Patrick. As a lifelong Republican, prior to
making my decision to join Tim as his Lt. Governor running mate I made clear that I would only run with
him as an "independent Republican" and only after receiving assurances that he sincerely desired to forge
a true independent ticket that would be elected and govern outside of traditional party politics and
business as usual on Beacon Hill.

Tim made specific commitments to me concerning the conduct and strategy of the campaign and his
future administration. He also committed that we would at all times be in the race solely to win and that
our campaign would never become patty to any efforts to re-elect Governor Patrick. Unfortunately, he
did not live up to those commitments and in my opinion did not run a campaign that was fit for the
highest office in the Commonwealth.

After repeated meetings with Tim and his key team during the spring and summer expressing my ongoing
frustrations with the promised conduct and strategy of the campaign, on Friday morning, September 17th
I requested directly to Tim that we urgently needed to meet in private before the end of that weekend to
discuss my serious concerns with the campaign. Tim completely ignored my request and only after the
widely-reported departure of campaign strategist John Weaver and campaign manager Adam Meldrum
did he finally agree to meet with me (a week after my earlier request) on Friday, September 24th (a full
week before announcing my decision to withdraw).

In that meeting Tim admitted that the Republican members of our "team" - myself included - had
" the attack ads against him by the Republican
essentially been removed from his inner circle following
Governors' Association. While continuing to assert that there was a path to victory, it became obvious to
me during the discussion that Tim can't win and that he is no longer pursuing a statewide campaign
strategy (essentially writing off Metro West and other critical areas of the State), focusing instead only on
solidifying his support in Quincy and the surrounding area .

.Most disturbing, however, was Tim's admission during our meeting that his top political advisor, Neil
Morrison (a former aide now at Goldman Sachs and close personal friend of senior Obama advisor David
Axelrod), has been in direct communications with Doug Rubin (Deval Patrick's top political advisor and
former top advisor to Cahill), discussing and otherwise coordinating matters involving negative ad
strategy against Charlie Baker, the timing of such ads, and coordination of the specific role that the
Democratic Governors' Association will play in the race (including $4 Million Tim claimed was now
being targeted by the bGA against Charlie Baker in this race). When I asked, Tim did not deny the
rumors that jobs in the prevailing administration among members of their currently opposing camps (with
longstanding prior relationships in the Democratic Party) were also being arranged.

The moment my running mate looked me in the eye and essentially admitted that our campaign was
coordinating efforts with the Patrick campaign and the DGA for what I considered to be the sole purpose
of defeating Charlie Baker served as the defining moment for me in making the difficult decision to
withdraw from the Cahill-Loscocco ticket. Given the many months I spent actively campaigning
throughout Massachusetts with a passionate team of volunteers, it was with a sense of profound sadness
that I recognized that this situation was deeply troubling and totally unacceptable. In the days following
my last meeting with Tim, I struggled to find a reason to continue while knowing that our ticket could not
win, but my conscience would not let me and I finally came to terms with the shattering reality of what I
had to do.

Despite the anticipated uproar and baseless speculation which I knew would certainly follow my
. announcement to withdraw from the race, but recognizing that I could not in good faith be part of what I
believe to be coordinated efforts seeking to re-elect Governor Patrick, on September 30th I reached out to
Charlie Baker without reservation to offer him my full and unconditional support and endorsement. There
was no insider deal between Charlie Baker and me. I never asked for anything and he never offered
anything.

My loyalty as the candidate for Lt. Governor was always to the people of Massachusetts, not to any
particular candidate or campaign. I ran with the hope of bringing independent leadership and meaningful
change to Beacon Hill, not to be part of a Tammany Hall Democrat patronage system - which is what I
believe the campaign has devolved into.

I had been previously told by people within the campaign that there were some serious ethical issues that
made some of the senior staff at both the campaign and the Treasury extremely uncomfortable. I had no
physical evidence of any wrongdoing, so I did not mention these things at the press conference
announcing my withdrawal. Regardless, I did not want to be part of any campaign that I believed to be
resorting to desperate measures with the recognition that it cannot win.

The primary between the Independent ticket and Republican ticket in the hearts and minds of the voters
who want a change from Governor Patrick is now over: Charlie Baker and Richard Tisei have prevailed.
Clearly, either Charlie Baker or Deval Patrick will be the next Governor of Massachusetts.
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Charlie Baker and Richard Tisei represent the best hope we now have for meaningful change, lower taxes,
a better economy, and effective and responsive government in Massachusetts. We share a similar vision
for our State and for the hopes and aspirations of those who live here.

I made what I strongly believe is the right decision and did this for the right reasons. I am confident that
history will ultimately agree.