Does Tom Brady have a political future after NFL career?

ED: WE HAVE CALLED TOGETHER THE SUNDAY ROUNDTABLE. JOINING US THIS WEEK IS BOONST GLOBE COLUMNIST ADRIAN WALKER, AND REPUBLICAN POLITICAL ANALYST ROB GR.AY GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. HAPPY SUNDAY. JAT:NE ADRIAN, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. GEOFF DIEHL HAS BEEN UNHAPPY WITH MEDIA COVERAGE OF HIS CAMPAIGN, AND THE CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING THE STATE GOP. YOU HEARD WHAT HE JUST SAID. YOU HAVE BEEN PRETTY TOUGH IN YOUR COLUMN. WHAT’S YOUR RESPONSE TO ALL TH?IS ADRIAN: I WOULD NOT SAY I’VE BEEN TOUGH. I WOULD SAY I’VE BEEN ACCURATE. THE MASS GOP IS IN A TERRIBLE STATE. IT JUST IS. YOU HAVE THIS FACTION THAT HAS PUSHED IT FAR TO THE RIGHT IN A STATE THAT AND IS — THAT IS ANYTHING BUT. THEY TALK ABOUT A GRASSROOTS, WHERE IS IT? THE VICE CHAIR HAD TO RESIGN LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF A FACEBOOK SCANDAL BECAUSE OF THOUSANDS OF INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES HE SENT WOMEN. WHAT DOES HE EXPECT PEOPLE TO WRITE ABOUT THE MASS GOP? JAT:NE HE DID NOT STEP AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP. WERE YOU SURPRISED? ROB: I’M NOT SURPRISED. THAT IS POTENTIALLY WHERE THE VOTES ARE COMING WITH THE TRUMP WING OF THE MASS GOP. HIS RUN IS BASED ON A BIG BED THAT CHARLIE BAKER WILL NOT RUN AND HE WILL FACE OFF AGAINST LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KAREN POLITO, WHO HETHINKS HE CAN BEAT IN THE PRIMARY. IF BAKER DOES R,UN I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE DEAL DROPS DOWN TO THAT LG RACE IN PRIMARIES — AND PRIMARIES THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RACE. JANET:O DYOU THINK THAT MIGHT BE A FACTOR IN CHARLIE BAKER’’ THINKING OF RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM OR NOT? ROB: THERE ARE LOTS OF MOVING PARTS. I IMAGINE THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF THEM. ALTHOUGH I DON’T THINK THEY ARE TOO CONCERNEABD OUT GEOFF DIEHL. ED: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNOR’S PROFILE. HE IS BACK ON THE FUNDRAISING TRAIL. IS THERE MORE CONFIDENCE AMONG REPUBLICANS HE’S RUNNING FOAR THIRD TERM, ROB, LET ME START WITH YOU. ROB: THERE IS A LOT OF HOPE. AND I THINK A LITTLE CONFIDENCE KEEP IT — CREEPING IN THAT HE MIGHT DO IT. THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO. CHARLIE BAKER THINKS HE SHOULD FINISH THE JOB. THAT COVIDEALLY R DELAYED WHAT HE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH IN HIS SECOND TERM. LET’S FACE IT,E H IS SOMEBODY WHO CANIN W. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS FOR 28 OF THE LAST 36 YEARS, WHICH IS AMAZING IN A DEMOCRICAT STA,TE THE GOP NEEDS CHARLIE BAKER TO BE LEAVING THAT TICKET. ED: YOU REMEMBER THE OLD SAYING, IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND >> LIKE A DUCK, IT’S A DUCK. DOES THE GOVERNOR LOOK LIKE HE IS A CANDIDATE? ADRI:AN IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WHO WAS SITTING ON THE FENCE. IT IS HARD TO WALK AWAY WHEN YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN .I’VE — I’M SURE HE THINKS HE CAN WIN. NOBODY THINKS KAREN POLITO, I’M SORRY, BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, NOBODY THINKS KAREN POLITO CAN WIN A GOVERNORS RACE. JANET: SPEAKING OF COVID, COVID CASES RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ON BY THE DELTA VARIANT, GOVERNOR BAKER ISN’T MAKING ANY CHGEANS TO THE STATE’S CURRENT PANDEMIC POLICIES. THAT INCLUDES NOT EXPANDING A MASK MANDATE AS KIDS HEAD CKBA TO SCHOOL IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. BOSTON MAYOR KIM JANEY IS MANGKI MASKS A REQUIREMENT IN CITY SCHOOLS. WHO’S GOT IT RIGHT, BAKER OR JANEY? B:RO I THINK BAKER HAS IT 100% RIGHT. I THINK KIDS HAVE SPENT TOO LONG IN MASKS. THESE SCHOOLS HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN AIR EXCHANGE. WE KNOW THAT THE FALL IS GOING TO BE WARM. YOU CAN OPEN THE WINDOWS, YOU CAN HAVE TENSE AND OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS. ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WAS NOT DONE A YEAR AGO TOHE T DETRIMENT OF SCHOOLCHILDREN ACROSS THE STATE. THOSE IN THE ARCHDIOCESE WENT TO SCOLHOOR F — FULL-TIME NO PROBLEM STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. PUBLIC SCHOOLS DID NOT FOLLOW ALONG. WHAT CHARLIE BAKER COULD DO TO IMPREOV THINGS MORE IS TO MANDATE VACCINATION FOR HEALTH-CARE WORKERS. AND FOR THOSE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL THAT ARE OF AGE TO BE VACCINATED. THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING. JAT:NE MANDATE FOR TEACHERS TOO? ROB: SE.UR MANDATE FOR TEACHERS. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE REACHED A CERTAIN LEVEL OF VACCINATION THAT WE CANNOT GET OVER. WE NEED SOME GOVERNOR — GOVERNMENT MANDATES TO GET TO HERD IMMUNITY. JANET: IT’S ROB RIGHT ABOUT THIS? ADRIAN: NO. I THINK JANIE’S POLICY IS CLOSER THAN BAKER’S POLICY. YOU SEE THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP. BAKER, AS HE HAS BEEN FURTHER PANDEMIC, IS OVEYRL CRAWFISH — OVERLY CAUTIOUS. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A VACCINATION MANDATE FOR TEACHERS AS WELL. ED: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE BOSTON MAYOR’S RACE. ANNISSA ESSAIBI GEORGE AND ANDREA CAMPBELL ARE MORE INTERESTED IN DISLODGING ACTGIN MAYOR KIM JANEY FROM HER PERCH AT THE TOP OF MAYORAL POLLS, THAN GOING AFTER MICHELLE .WU ADRIAN, LET ME START WITH YOU. IF THAT IS THE CORRECT ASSESSMENT, WHAT’S THE STRATEGY? ADRIAN: FOR CAMPBELL IN PARTICULAR, THE ISSUE IS SHE AND JANEY ARE FIGHTING OVER THE SAME VOTERS. IT HAS TO — SHEAS H TO GO OUT OF JANEY TO GET HERSELF OUT OF FOURTH-PLACE. ROB: JANEY HAS SEEPED IN AS ETH MAYOR OVER TIME. JUST LIKE TOM MENINO DID BEFORE. SHE IS REALLY THE LEADING CANDIDATE. I DON’T CARE WHAT THE POLLS SAY. I THINK JANEY IS THE LEADING CANDIDATE. THE DANGER WITH THEM GOING AFTER JANEY IS THAT WU SHOOTS THE GAP. THERE IS A NEGATIVE SHTOO OUT BETWEEN THE CAMPBELL CAMP AND THE JANEY CAMP AND THEN WU IS LEFT OUT OF THE FRAY AND IS THE DEFAULT NEXT RACE. JAT:NE LET’S MOVE TO D.C. TOM BRADY RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE LAST WEEK WITH THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION TAMPA BAY CSBU. AND CRACKED JOKES ABOUT THE ELECTION AND TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE FOUND A RHYTHM. NOT A LOOFT PEOPLE THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE W.ON IN FAC IT, THINK 40% OF THE PEOPLE STILL DON’T THINK WE WON. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, MR. PRESIDEN T? [LAUGHTER] JANET: CHIMING IN THERE. BRADY HAS ALSO HINTETHD AT HE MAY BE INTERESTED IN POLITICS AFTER FOOTBALL, A CHANCEOR F A DIFFERENT KIND OF RETURN TO PENNSYLVANIA AVEE.NU WHAT DO YOU THINK AREIS H PROSPECTS? ADRIAN: HIS PROSPECTS MHTIG BE PRETTY GOOD IN FLORIDA. [LAUGHTER] JANET:OU Y COULD SEE HIM RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATOR. WHAT DO YOU THINK, ROB? ROB: ADRIAN HITS ON IT. WHAT IS IT — WHAT IS HIS HOME STE?AT IS IT FLORIDA, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN? AS LGON AS GRONK IS NOT HIS RUNNING MATE — [LAUGHTER] HE HAS A GOOD CHANCE. JANET: GREAT POINT. :ED WHY SHOULD HE LIMIT IT TO THE U.S. SENATE? BRADY HAS PRESIDENT WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM.

OTR: Does Tom Brady have a future in politics after legendary NFL career?

Updated: 1:50 PM EDT Jul 25, 2021

The 43-year-old quarterback was the star of the show when the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers visited the White House, and hinted at a different kind of return to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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The 43-year-old quarterback was the star of the show when the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers visited the White House, and hinted at a different kind of return to Pennsylvania Avenue.