President ’12
Despite attempts to quell rumors to the contrary, we’ve learned that President Obama is indeed in Afghanistan and will hold a live press conference from there. The purpose of the trip is to sign a new treaty with the Afghan government. The countries have been negotiating a strategic agreement that would outline the basis for…
State Republican Chairman Mark Zaccaria has sent out an official press release with the delegate allocation decided upon by Rhode Island GOP primary voters last night: 12 delegates for Mitt Romney, 4 delegates for Ron Paul. The official delegation listing is available here.
So, to no one’s surprise, in the lightly attended primary, Mitt won RI and 4 other Northeastern states and has all but technically locked up the GOP Presidential nomination with Newt ready to throw in the towel (the book tour must be over). Ron Paul marches on and I find I’m in agreement with Politico…
OK, based on the rules submitted to the RI Secretary of State, this is my best guess on how Rhode Island’s Republican delegates will be allocated. 1. All candidates who received more than 15% of the vote are eligible to receive delegates. For the 2012 Republican primary, that means Mitt Romney (63.0% of the vote,…
Courtesy of Dave Talan, here’s a quick guide to what’s going on, and what’s at stake in tomorrow’s Rhode Island Republican primary…You can vote for any 8 Delegate candidates, anywhere on the ballot, no matter who you vote for for President. Rhode Island is a “Proportional Representation” state. Any Presidential candidate, who gets at least…
Over at the Ocean State Current, Justin has posted both video and a liveblog of Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s University of Rhode Island campaign stop that took place last night.
National Review Online‘s Ramesh Ponnuru calls attention to a Pew Research Center for the People and the Press poll which gauged, amongst other things, which groups of Republican voters were most and least certain in their support for Mitt Romney between April 4th and 15th. According to Pew’s survey of Republicans and Republican leaners, self-described…
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made a campaign appearance in Warwick today. Justin liveblogged the event at the Ocean State Current. Anthony Gemma announced a Sunday announcement “regarding his political intentions that will positively impact the political, economic, and cultural fates of Rhode Island and, by extension, the United States of America for the foreseeable…
Multiple media sources are reporting that Rick Santorum has suspended his Presidential campaign. An official annoucement is expected soon, if it’s not happening at the moment.
The President believes he’ll have additional flexibility after the November elections. He was recorded on a live microphone telling Russian President Medvedev, in the context of national defense systems: “This is my last election,’’ Obama is heard telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “After my election, I have more flexibility.’’ What exactly could that mean?…
