FROM “YES WE CAN,” TO maybe we can’t. “The recently elected Democratic President of the United States can’t fill a room in bluest Massachusetts.”

To be fair, it was a fundraiser for Deval Patrick, one of the most unpopular governors in America. Of course, that raises its own issues. Plus, why it’s a good thing that Boston is a two-newspaper town.

UPDATE: Interestingly, Obama wouldn’t defend Massachusetts’ state health-care plan.