Republican Governor Plays Nice With Democrats, And Wins Over GE

The video opens with Adele’s haunting song, “Hello.” A heartbroken Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, wearing an Adele-style fur, repeatedly phones his buddy, Republican Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. Finally, they connect so they can work on convincing General Electric Co. to move its headquarters to Boston.

Behind the silliness produced for a St. Patrick Day’s roast was a serious instance of bipartisanship that paid off. Walsh and Baker landed GE, and the governor teaming up so agreeably with the opposition was no surprise. Baker appears to be guided by the notion, apparently outdated in light of the polarizing presidential primaries, that both parties should focus on important tasks at hand and not on attacking each other.