Whatever your thoughts on presidential candidate/political rock star Barack Obama borrowing a few points of Deval Patrick's rhetoric, you have to think it's good for the Governor. He's getting nation-wide press and it's not his fault that his speeches are so catchy and profound that Obama can't help copying them.

Meanwhile, even a new gubernatorial haircut can lead to a stretch of publicity.

In more substantial news, the House and Senate passed Patrick's plan to create an Executive Office of Education (a proposal we covered at the State House.) They also finally moved to pass the biotech/Life Sciences plan that Patrick hopes will spur innovation and bring high-paying jobs to the commonwealth. Patrick even got the House of Represenatives' king Sal DiMasi to compromise on closing corporate tax loopholes.

If things keep going this well, we'll probably be losing Patrick to Air Force Two in January.