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Dan McGowan of GoLocalProv has a short round-up of the background and momentum that will be leading into a 2013 Rhode Island General Assembly debate on legalizing non-medical use of marijuana; the article mentions that House Judiciary Chairwoman Edith Ajello thinks there is support in the GA not just for “decriminalization” but for full “legalization”…
Monique reports that Mark Zaccaria announced at tonight’s state Republican Party meeting that he will not seek another term as party chair.
National Review Online‘s Ramesh Ponnuru does not believe that Mitt Romney’s problem was that his economic message was drowned out by social issues; he argues the Republican economic message heard by voters lacks broad appeal…Romney was not a drag on the Republican party. The Republican party was a drag on him… The Republican story about…
I don’t agree with everything in this Robert Oscar Lopez election post-mortem from the American Thinker, but it’s definitely a more interesting read than anything telling Republicans that electoral success is only attainable if they limit their message to promising thrifty and honest management of government designed by Democrats…By now it’s widely understood that all…
[11:19] Matt Allen on WPRO is saying all the major networks all calling the Presidential race for Barack Obama. [10:58] MN called for Obama by NBC. Obama in OH 50-48, with 2/3 of the vote reporting, and 70% of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) left to report. Obama’s Electoral College lead looks pretty solid at this point.…
[9:52] Ted Nesi: “Cicilline up by nearly 10,000 votes now with 88% of precincts reporting.” [9:44] Multiple sources reporting that Cicilline is opening up a 3% or so lead. [9:40] Cicilline ahead of Doherty, 47.3-46.3, 59% percent of precincts in. And there are still a bunch of “delayed” Providence votes to arrive. [9:36] Multiple sources…
[8:59] Check that; Ted Nesi tweets: “Cicilline, Doherty separated by just over 100 votes with nearly half of precincts in”. [8:55] 29% of precincts in District 1, Cicilline ahead of Doherty 47.8-45.9, from BoE result. [8:48] Justin Katz, via Twitter, proposes a new state motto. [8:46] Bill Haberman on WPRO just reported that all 7…
…if Rhode Island didn’t award it’s electoral votes on a winner take-all basis, unless a candidate exceeded 62.5% of the popular vote! Why 62.5%, you ask? Read the answer here; it will remain valid at least through the 2020 election. Proportional allocation with winner-take-all above a certain threshold could be put into effect for the…
…The final Gallup poll has tightened…the RCP average is now slightly in Obama’s favor…CNN has the race about tied too, but in a sample that was 41% Democratic, 30% Republican… Blogger Bob Krumm has some interesting speculation about what Presidential election projections from five national major pollsters/poll analysts could mean (scroll down to just below…
Based on some chatter in the Twittersphere over the weekend, it appears the claim is still alive and well that Rhode Island Speaker of House Gordon Fox didn’t know that the state’s Economic Development Corporation would consider awarding $75M in loan guarantees to a single company (that eventually went under), utilizing a $125M pool that…
