RI Governor ’06
According to a post on ProJo’s 7to7 blog, the Lt. Governor Charles “Mr. Insider” Fogarty is leading Governor Carcieri in a recent poll. Lt. Gov. Charles J. Fogarty is leading Governor Carcieri in the battle for the state’s top elected office, according to a poll released today by the independent pollster Rasmussen Reports. Forty-six percent…
Rhode Island Gubernatorial candidate Charles Fogarty is appearing today with Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who is a leading advocate for seizing property by eminent domain in order to further economic development. Governor Vilsack believes that government needs broad powers to take property away from private owners in order to “create new jobs and strengthen their…
I realize that this is just too easy and that Dennis Michaud has gone way beyond irrelevancy at this point, but the fact that he so obviously screwed up his voter petitions–dead people, forgeries–is interesting. You see, it can be taken as proof that: a) There was a definite insider game to get Michaud on…
Taken from the ProJo’s 7to7 blog: A new poll by the independent pollster Rasmussen Reports finds Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, edging ahead of incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, 46 percentage points to 41. The margin of error in the poll of 500 likely voters was 4.5 percent, according to…
This comment from my post on Dennis Michaud has admittedly left me baffled: Mr. Katz, I am new to Rhode Island and new to the politics of the state. However, I have noticed something that troubles me. You are supporting Gov. Carcieri and several people on this board have spelled out specific offenses, offenses, which…
Justin already referred to the position paper sent out by the Dennis Michaud campaign. The linchpin to many of Michaud’s positions seems to be not so much what he’d do differently than Governor Carcieri, but that it is his belief that he will be better able to bring people together. He really puts a premium…
Attaching a typo-rife position paper, Megan Boben — apparently the press secretary for Republican candidate for governor Dennis Michaud — emailed me to point out Charles Bakst’s “great job accurately representing Michaud’s positions.” I’m sure more time with that piece would reveal a wealth of interesting quirks, but this one jumps out at me: VOTER…
As previously mentioned, Dan Yorke reported yesterday that Brown Economics Professor and Beacon Mutual advisor Dennis Michaud had filed papers to run against Governor Carcieri in the Republican Gubernatorial primary. Now the ProJo has provided further information. Michaud…said he decided to challenge Carcieri because of the incumbent’s “failed economic performance” and “failed performance to deliver…