RI Governor ’10
I try not to dwell on Sen. Chafee too much. But, since he’s leading in the polls, it is worth asking if Rhode Island voters want an ill-informed, gullible conspiracy-believer as their next governor. From the ProJo 7to7 blog: Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee is questioning whether Boston Red Sox great Curt Schilling faked his…
Confirming what a teacher had told me last week, Katherine Gregg reports yesterday on projo.com that the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals has endorsed former Senator Linc Chafee (I) for governor. Right around the same time, Ian Donnis breaks the news that NEARI Exec Dir Bob Walsh, in what is probably a…
The national press loves the independent candidate and USA Today (h/t Ian Donnis) is the latest to report about them in this year of the disgruntled voter. RI’s own Lincoln Chafee plays prominently in the story and all of the classic Chafee themes are there. First, there’s the typical RI attitude towards “name candidates” like…
Matt and I discussed his interview with Victor Moffitt and matters related to Anchor Rising on last night’s Matt Allen Show. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
Appearing on the Matt Allen Show, gubernatorial candidate Victor Moffitt sings a lot of music to the ears of right-leaning reformers in Rhode Island. Starting each year’s budget process from zero and implementing five percent across-the-board reductions each year for eight years are great ideas from which to begin a turnaround of state government. I’m…
John Robitaille won the State Republican Party endorsement as their candidate for Governor on Wednesday night. In his speech prior to the endorsement vote, he described the readiness and the relevance of his candidacy… “…Over the past five months, I have built a campaign organization, and we are poised to execute a very targeted and…
State Democrats’ lopsided (88 to 32) endorsement of Frank Caprio indicates that party operatives understand, at least, what sort of rhetoric the electorate wants to hear, just now: “We are going to be the party that holds the line on taxes. We are going to be the party that streamlines state government. We are going…
The third question asked at Wednesday night’s debate hosted by the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund at CCRI’s Liston Campus Auditorium was from Roberto Gonzalez, who asked about illegal immigration, specifically whether candidates believed it was the paramount civil rights issue of this decade, and what were the candidate’s positions on E-Verify, the Governor’s Executive…
The second question asked at Wednesday night’s debate hosted by the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund at CCRI’s Liston Campus Auditorium came from two young ladies from Classical High school and the Young Voices organization, who asked about Rhode Island’s low test scores for minority students, implementing the newly passed funding formula to get the…
Brian Hull of Rhode Island’s future asked the first question at last night’s debate hosted by the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund, held at CCRI’s Liston Campus Auditorium. The question was about what the candidates would do to put the state’s unemployed back to work “in jobs that pay a living wage”, and what their…
