RI Governor ’10
Not to pick on gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio, but he’s been providing a lot of material, lately, such as the following, from Ed Fitzpatrick’s recent column about the politician’s experience as an unwed teenage father: Did that experience inform his views on abortion? “I’m pro-choice because of all the experiences I’ve had in my life…
The assumption — especially when gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio was attending every right-of-center event, shaking hands and touting his number 5 ranking on our right-of-center list — has been that he held the advantage for the general election but might not make it through the Democrat primary. Success at pulling off the dodge-left, run-center maneuver,…
Ian Donnis of WRNI radio’s (1290 AM) On Politics Blog points to Mark Arsenault‘s story on the Rhode Island Governor’s race appearing in December’s Rhode Island Monthly. To pick out just a few of the many items of note that appear in the article…Donnis, in his link to the article, highlights speculation coming from Lincoln…
Russell J. Moore‘s story in Tuesday’s Warwick Beacon about State Representative Joseph Trillo’s almost final departure from the Governor’s race contains a number of interesting details.Asked if he was endorsing not-yet-official Republican candidate Rory Smith…Trillo said he wasn’t prepared to make an endorsement in the race just yet, despite the fact that East Greenwich businessman…
According to a Steve Peoples article in today’s Projo, General Treasurer Frank Caprio is now officially a candidate for Rhode Island Governor…Ending months of speculation, General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio on Monday confirmed that he intends to run for governor in 2010, joining a field of political heavyweights that already includes a former U.S. senator…
Matt and I talked about my Providence Monthly piece on last night’s Matt Allen Show. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
This piece was originally published in abbreviated form (PDF) in the November 2009 issue of Providence Monthly magazine. Amidst the banquet of public power in Rhode Island, the term-limited governor stands mainly as a jester for activists to mock and insiders to blame. When their excess begets indigestion, angry lips shout his name. When indigestion…
Former U.S. Attorney for RI Robert Corrente told WPRO’s Dan Yorke that he will not run for RI Governor in 2010. He confirmed that he did speak to the Moderate Party but ultimately determined that the timing wasn’t right.
Anchor Rising’s Justin Katz and Matt Jerzyk (former proprietor of RI Future) were asked by the Providence Monthly to handicap the presumed 2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial candidates. But there was a twist: Justin took a look at the Dems (and Chafee) and Matt looked at the GOP (and Chafee). Matt has helpfully provided links to…
Before Steve Peoples of the Projo, or Tim White of WPRI-TV (CBS 12), or the Associated Press, commenter Mike Cappelli had it first…Funny how things happen. I’m in line at a coffee shop this morning and a group of people are saying the Moderate Party candidate is Robert Corrente.However, according to the WPRI story, potential…