RI Governor ’10
Here’s my bottom line: Under no circumstances will I support or vote for any Republican candidate who would enter the State House in any more mild a manner than with figurative guns blazing. It isn’t sufficient to correctly identify the state’s problems and offer a plan that would probably fix them. A candidate for governor…
Those who suggested that Monday was too early for Dan Yorke to be writing off Rory Smith may have been correct, but, well, it’s Thursday, and I’m inclined to sign on with Dan’s point of view. If you haven’t heard the interview between the two men, from last night, it’s a must-listen Podcast. Achingly clear…
Riordan Smith has filed papers as the first official candidate for the Governor’s race in 2010. The ProJo and Ian Donnis at WRNI have more info. Smith was also all over the radio yesterday and today explaining his personal background (small-business owner, married with 3 kids, lives in East Greenwich, ran the Iron Man) and,…
Monday’s radio and blog sturm und drang seems not to have dissuaded Mr. Smith from the road to Providence. This just in: Today Rory Smith filed a “Notice of Organization” with the Rhode Island Board of Elections, forming a candidate committee in order to begin the process of organizing a campaign for Governor. “We need…
I heard Rhode Island Moderate Party Chairman Ken Block on WPRO (630 AM) with John DePetro earlier this morning, discussing how he believes a “fresh face” may be the best option for a Moderate candidate for Rhode Island governor. Sounds like the Moderate party’s talks with that “prominent former public official”, whoever he or she…
Alright, I’ll take the bait that’s dangling from Steve Peoples‘ gubernatorial race preview appearing in today’s Projo…Moderate Party Chairwoman Christine Hunsinger confirmed last week that her organization was courting a “prominent former public official” aside from oft-discussed former Republican Attorney General Arlene Violet to represent her fledgling party.How many “prominent” former officials are there in…
Cynthia Needham of the Projo has the first official gubernatorial-race interview with Rory Smith, the political newcomer with a possible interest in running as a Republican for Governor of Rhode Island…Providence businessman Rory Smith says he’s considering a run for Rhode Island governor in 2010 as a Republican. “People have approached me about it and…
In spite of the skepticism expressed by Justin earlier this week about the wisdom of drafting candidates for political office, I think progressive Rhode Island Democrats should consider a movement to draft AFSCME Council 94 Acting Executive Director Joseph Peckham as their candidate for Rhode Island’s 2010 gubernatorial election. As evidenced by Katherine Gregg’s and…
Whether it’s an off-season taste or the initiation of the 2010 election season on Anchor Rising time will tell, but my vlog this week concerns the practice of “drafting” candidates for office; specifically for governor:
Previewing this weekends Newsmakers show on WPRI-TV (CBS 12), Ian Donnis of WRNI’s On Politics blog notes that George Nee, President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, currently believes that Lincoln Chafee is the gubernatorial candidate currently looked upon most favorably by labor…Pressed about the three most evident gubernatorial candidates for 2010, Nee, acknowledged that labor…
