Baker takes a pass on GOP nominating convention

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker won't be joining his party in Cleveland this summer. The Republican National Convention convenes in Ohio's second-biggest city in July to nominate a presidential candidate in what promises to be a messy floor fight pitting New York billionaire Donald Trump against party leaders. While Trump has dominated most primary season contests, trailed by Ted Cruz, the Cuban-American Texas Senator, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich in a distant third, no one has won enoug

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker won't be joining his party in Cleveland this summer. The Republican National Convention convenes in Ohio's second-biggest city in July to nominate a presidential candidate in what promises to be a messy floor fight pitting New York billionaire Donald Trump against party leaders. While Trump has dominated most primary season contests, trailed by Ted Cruz, the Cuban-American Texas Senator, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich in a distant third, no one has won enoug…