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Can Rhode Island Find Representatives Willing to Take the Daring Action of Representing?

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 23, 2012 |

I try to use the blogospheric cliche of “read the whole thing” sparingly, but it is very obviously the appropriate pointer to Senator Dawson Hodgson’s op-ed from Saturday’s Projo, where Senator Hodgson criticized the lack of accountability at the Rhode Island General Assembly, which the 38 Studios fiasco has made more apparent than usual. Consider…

Liveblogging/Livetweeting the Third Presidential Debate

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 22, 2012 |

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Open Thread: The Table Gaming Referenda

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 22, 2012 |

1. STATE CONSTITUTIONAL APPROVAL – (APPROVAL OF AN ACT AUTHORIZING STATE-OPERATED CASINO GAMING AT TWIN RIVER IN THE TOWN OF LINCOLN) – (Section 22 of Article VI of the Constitution) Shall an act be approved which would authorize the facility known as “Twin River” in the town of Lincoln to add state-operated casino gaming, such…

Gallup’s First Fully Post-Vice-Presidential Debate Survey Says…

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 19, 2012 |

Gallup‘s 7-day tracking polls now include only the time period after last week’s Vice-Presidential debate (October 12th to October 18th). According to their likely voter results, Mitt Romney has a 51-45 lead over Barack Obama, up from the 48-47 lead that Romney held in the results that ended with the day before the debate. Romney’s…

The Insanity Will Never End, Until We At Least Begin to Think About It

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 18, 2012 |

RI Public Radio reporter Ian Donnis‘ recap of the last night’s Gordon Fox/Mark Binder debate includes this gem of Rhode Island fiscal insanity…6. [House Speaker Gordon Fox], in the first time that I heard him mention it, raised the possibility of using the state income tax to reduce the high burden of property taxes. He…

Gordon Fox is Disappointed in the Discussion About 38 Studios

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 17, 2012 |

Rhode Island Speaker of the House Gordon Fox (D-Providence) has sent a letter to his constituents, available from the Providence Journal, that includes this amusing concept…It is disappointing that there are people who want to use the 38 Studios issue as a political weapon as opposed to learning from our mistakes and focusing on how…

Liveblogging/Livetweeting the 2012 Vice-Presidential Debate

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 11, 2012 |

Patrick Laverty >> Amazing that you can be disrespectful, angry and condescending in a debate and still be thought of as having won. #SympathyVote Justin Katz >> After sleeping on it: That debate was bizarre. This cartoon captures it: http://ow.ly/eqi6b Justin Katz >> Suspect we’ll be seeing much more of this sort of thing http://youtu.be/_FEXI4taZW0…

Why Democratic Party Discipline May Be Harmful to the Health of Rhode Islanders

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 10, 2012 |

Rhode Island’s Republican candidates for Federal office would like to replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka Obamacare) with something different. Senate Candidate Barry Hinckley calls for outright repeal on his campaign website; Second District Congressional candidate Michael Riley wants most of it repealed while retaining certain provisions, and First District Congressional…

First Presidential Debate Liveblog/Livetweet

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 3, 2012 |

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The Board of Elections Needs to Assure Rhode Islanders that Every Vote Counts

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 17, 2012 |

Mutliple sources are reporting that William San Bento has ended the day with a one vote lead over Carlos Tobon in the District 58 (Pawtucket) Democratic primary for State Representative. Apparently four different recounts have produced four different results, with further recounts possible. According to the Associated Press……the final tally came down to a single…