RI Congress ’12
At least that’s what today’s GoLocalProv.com article is conveying. How can this be? He’s been out of the Mayor’s Office for two years now! This must be Taveras’s fault! Patrick, you’re just piling on and making this stuff up! See for yourself: The police union blames the situation on former police Chief Dean Esserman and…
While Anthony Gemma didn’t present any direct evidence of his charges of voter fraud in Rhode Island, his written remarks from yesterday assert that direct evidence does exist (h/t Edward Fitzpatrick)…The five statements I have just presented to you represent a relatively small percentage of first-hand evidence developed by TRP. Testimony from these and other…
I think we’re seeing that the problem is more organizational. Or maybe it just starts at the top and filters down. Now even the Providence Journal is accusing the Cicilline campaign of umm, well, not exactly telling the truth. In today’s Politifact report, Cicilline earned a “False” rating. A David Cicilline campaign flier says Brendan…
I had to laugh when I read an excerpt on an On Politics post by Ian Donnis by Cicilline campaign manager, Eric Hyers: This is what they do. They distract, distract, distract. It is the Republicans who don’t stick to the issues and try to wave a shiny object in front of the voters so…
“David (Cicilline) strongly opposes the Citizens United decision and has cosponsored the House version of the DISCLOSE Act,” But yet when the Doherty camp calls on him to return all PAC money, after Cicilline chided Doherty for taking PAC money, Cicilline refuses. Ted Nesi wrote the article yesterday about the latest skirmish in the First…
When I first heard of the 66-page research book being released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), my first thought was “uh oh, what do they have on him?” But then I read it. The first thing to keep in mind that if you’re going to be in the public eye for many years,…
Michael Donahue, an announced candidate for RI Congressional District 1 as a Republican, is no longer going to pursue the seat. Donahue appeared on the Helen Glover Show this morning with Michael Napolitano guest hosting and made the announcement. Donahue will instead pursue the RI House District 68 seat as a Republican and will face…
For the most part, a thorough and well-informed article by Ethan Epstein. And the sub-title Mayoral malpractice comes back to haunt a congressman. is a perfect description of the current tableau. However, in one regard, An internal audit commissioned by the city laid much of the blame at Cicilline’s feet. It found that he had…
On the one hand, as a Registered Republican, this makes me a little queasy and uneasy. The [Doherty] campaign announced on Monday a new group they are coining “Democrats for Doherty,” that includes several former mayors and state representatives. The coalition will kick off at a fundraiser headlined by former Democratic Mayor of Boston Ray…
A few nights ago, I just happened to be reading through David Cicilline’s twitter feed and stumbled across this one: David N. Cicilline @davidcicilline In the Wisconsin recall, Walker outspent Barrett seven to one. Another reason we need to get corporate money out of politics. Great! Cicilline is opposed to corporations giving money to campaigns.…
