RI Congress ’10
So you don’t have to, here is the “Marc’s Notes” version of where the three announced GOP candidates (Mark Zaccaria, Michael Gardiner and Bill Clegg) for RI’s Second Congressional District Seat stand on various issues. This is compiled directly from the “Issues” pages on each candidate’s websites–I paraphrased and used direct quotes to try to…
Well, there’s no shortage of Republicans interested in replacing Jim Langevin in Congress. Joining Mark Zaccaria and Michael Gardner in the Republican race is Bill Clegg: “Federal spending is simply not sustainable. Congress must get into the game and examine every program, every entitlement, and every priority they have created”. Clegg also intends to focus…
Additional video from the Rhode Island Voter Coalition Burrillville “meet the candidates” Congressional Q&A may be found in the extended entry.
On the reflective claim that I’m as partisan as Bill Lynch: First, I’m not a partisan; I’m an ideologue. I call the Democrat Party the Party of Death because it is gladly the political home of advocates for the abortion industry and related causes (e.g., embryonic stem-cell research and right to die). Certain current candidates…
Democratic First District Congressional Candidate William Lynch, who as Chairman of the State Democratic Party successfully discouraged his party’s gubernatorial candidates from appearing at a Rhode Island Voter Coalition candidates forum in January, has scheduled his own appearance at a “Drinking Liberally” public forum to be held on February 24 (h/t Meg Grady). According to…
Does Bill Lynch really think he’s got a shot at the 1st district congressional seat? I’m with Steven Artigas of Westerly: So William Lynch, Rhode Island state Democratic Party chairman and announced candidate for Congress, instructed an 8th-grade class that to tell Democrats from Republicans is easy: “The Democrats are the good guys and the…
The political landscape has been changing so rapidly, of late, that it’s tempting to refigure the narrative over and over again, but it seems to me that the story of the upcoming election is pretty consistent, no matter who the players are. Consider a recent Ed Fitzpatrick column on John Loughlin: For one thing, [Cook…
As the usual and unusual suspects emerge out of the woodwork, we can be sure that we’re going to see and hear some things that should induce a chuckle amongst the politically astute. And there’s no better example than now-Former RI Democratic Party chair Bill Lynch: The partisan politics of Washington are no longer providing…
It’s encouraging to see the national conservative movement, specifically Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online, taking notice of John Loughlin’s run for Rhode Island’s First Congressional seat: No seat belongs to the Kennedys, not even in the House of Representatives. Announcing his candidacy on the same day that Sen. Scott Brown took his oath…
A reader has posted video of John Loughlin’s candidacy announcement on YouTube:
